London socialite and political wife, Frankie, is framed by her husband and goes to jail for arson. Now she’s out on parole with few possessions beyond her clothes, and a long way from everything she used to take for granted. From her new bedsit home in a northern seaside boarding house, Frankie is constructing a fragile, simple life, with real friends in it. Then messages start arriving from her ex about “keeping quiet” but has no idea what she’s not supposed to talk about. Frankie enlists the help of her new friend and fellow resident Dot, who’s not the batty older lady she enjoys pretending to be. As a web of lies and deceit unravels, Frankie’s privileged ignorance of the real world is also painfully exposed. She sets out not only to fight back against what has been done to her but also to make things better for others.