This is a story of love, loss and the devastating outcome of good intentions gone wrong.
Newly married May is working as a teacher at a children's home when she meets Elva, a fatherless girl whose mother has committed suicide. During an intense London summer, May develops a close relationship with the bereaved child and together with her husband, Nathan, she draws Elva into their close family circle. The girl blossoms in their easy affection but clouds gather on the horizon and tragedy ensues.
This is a story of love, loss and the devastating outcome of good intentions gone wrong.
Newly married May is working as a teacher at a children's home when she meets Elva, a fatherless girl whose mother has committed suicide. During an intense London summer, May develops a close relationship with the bereaved child and together with her husband, Nathan, she draws Elva into their close family circle. The girl blossoms in their easy affection but clouds gather on the horizon and tragedy ensues.