Kicked from one orphanage to another, Lenny's had a raw deal from his first breath...until the rebel in him finds a way through.

"Fishermen's Fingers" peeks into the underbelly of a remote coastal community, revealing how poverty, an unwanted pregnancy, and a bad start in life can lead to a precarious adulthood for those who are different, like Lenny.

There are no real worries in small communities where houses are not locked and children are sent alone to the store for a loaf of bread, but when 10-year-old Betty isn't in her usual seat at school, her teacher, Miss Watson, has to explain to students the perils of talking to strangers.

Like most aftermaths, this becomes a story of 'if-onlys,' where naivety and trust blind those who should have seen, should have known.

But where strong bonds of friendship, love and caring are never far away.