Charlotte Martin's life was defined by her mother, Irene. A promise she made to her dying father kept her in Beckerville and in the basement suite of her mother's home. Charlotte felt trapped.

A letter from an estranged relative offered Charlotte a holiday on Vancouver Island. Charlotte escaped.

There, she rediscovered her aunt's love and kindness and found her own sense of self.

A family secret as old as Charlotte revealed the reason for the estrangement and disrupted her sense of family.

So Charlotte redefined family love on her own terms and found the life she wanted to live.