When Alina's son, Fin, traces his long-absent birthfather, it's the catalyst for decades of secrets to implode in Alina's neatly ordered life. With the sudden appearance of Rory, and the ever-present pull of a very different life in Bangladesh, she's left reeling. Three relationships, all of them built on half-truths. All Alina can truly be sure of, is that you can choose your family, you just can't choose who they will turn out to be.