When your world falls apart the only person you can depend on is your sister. The three Chirnwell sisters are descended from the privileged squattocracy in Victoria¿s Western District ? but could a long-held secret threaten their family? Harriett Chirnwell has a perfect life ? a husband who loves her, a successful career and a daughter who is destined to become a doctor just like her. Xara has always lived in Harriet¿s shadow; her chaotic life with her family on their sheep farm falls far short of her older sister¿s standards of perfection and prestige. Georgie, the youngest sister and a passionate teacher, is the only one of the three to have left Billawarre. But is her life in Melbourne happy? All three sisters have a different and sometimes strained bond with their mother. Despite this, they come together to organise a party for her milestone birthday ? the first since their father¿s death. But when Edwina arrives at her party on the arm of another man, the tumult is like a dam finally breaking. Suddenly the lives of the Chirnwell sisters are flooded by scandal. Criminal accusations, a daughter in crisis and a secret over fifty years in the making start to crack the perfect facade of the prominent pastoral family.