In mid-nineteenth-century Ireland, charming Kathleen and dashing Michael
harbor secrets and dreams. Imagining a life beyond the kitchen and
fields of the wealthy family they both work for, they plot to leave
their homeland, marry, and raise the child Kathleen is secretly
carrying. The luck of the Irish, however, is not on their side.
Soon, they find themselves swept up in circumstances they never could
have fathomed. Kathleen is forced to marry against her will and
immigrate to New Zealand. Michael is imprisoned for rebellion and exiled
to Australia. As time passes and their new lives march on, they long for
those stolen moments in the lush green fields of their native land. And
they both still dream of escape, with no idea of how close fate will
eventually bring them.