In three amazing stories, childcare worker Shane Dunphy reveals a world of hidden heartbreak & survival against the odds. When Shane meets her, Gillian is starving herself to death & in thrall to a mother more interested in abusing & manipulating her daughter than cherishing & protecting her. Though he tries to help, it seems Shane is just another adult destined to fail Gillian... For the daughter of disturbed violent parents, Connie is an amazingly well-adjusted A-grade student. But when Shane finally gets beyond the facade, he unearths a shattering truth behind her apparent normality... Cordelia, Victor & Ibar are three loving siblings left with a hopelessly alcoholic neglectful father. It's a race against time to see if their father can ever become the kind of dad he wants to be, or if they are destined to be split up & sucked into the childcare merry-go-round...