It is 1970 & Kathy Dean, with a baby & a gambling husb&, is struggling to make ends meet. She threatened to leave her Johnny, a handsome docker, for good if he does not give up his gambling. Johnny, however, is in deeper than she could ever imagine & he owes favours to the wrong sort. Desperate, he gets involved in a crime that will lead to disaster. Kathy is emotionally & financially supported by Johnnyï ½s family but she gets lonely, & when she meets an attractive new man she cannot resist him. Then Johnnyï ½s family find out heï ½s moved in with her & all hell breaks loose. As her life crumbles around her, Kathy determines to get back all that she has lost. But can anything be the same again?