It's a long way from Eden, Ohio to London. Eighteen-year-old Evie leaves her hometown for the first time to come to England and follow her dream of being an actress. With fellow students Imogene and Robbie, she studies drama - and life. Her friendship with the bohemian, outrageous Robbie illuminates her new world. Together, anything is possible.
But then life, and love- the shape of struggling rock musician Jake Albery-intervene, and everything changes.
Fifteen years later, Evie is a single mother, teaching drama and living with the eccentric Bunny in her house of artistic lodgers. Robbie's gone And Evie is trying to forget the past and dreams they once shared.
Then an old friendship comes to haunt her - literally And suddenly everything is possible again...