Ali Bobrow is an other-worldly single parent with a fraught nine-year-old daughter a malevolent ex with a grabby new wife & an underused artistic talent. A pushover when it comes to needy neighbours & uninvited children she allows her house to be the local drop-in centre until she collides with Noah Glazer who falls for her pale red hair. A solid man of science Noah walks into her over-populated life bringing good sense order & security. But ten years on Ali is drawn back into the complexities of her past: an old lover two ex-spouses a colleague from clown school & a small smuggled cat all help to rock the boat.