Patricia Ainger

When Maggie's husband announces that his job has relocated to the north of the country and they start talking about what this would mean in practical terms, the pair is forced to look at the state of their marriage. Agreeing an amicable separation, Maggie elects to stay with their 10 year old son in the village where her family has lived for generations. But she needs to find a way of making ends meet financially. Not wanting to take full-time work outside the house – mainly because of her concerns about her young son – she opts to foster children as a way of augmenting her part time accountancy work whilst, at the same time, attempting to create a new life for herself. In trying to achieve this, she has to overcome the personal and social challenges associated with single motherhood.