Despite their mother having run off with a cowboy from Denver when they were small, and having been brought up in a draughty house in Derbyshire by their eccentric uncle Django, the McCabe girls actually consider themselves very normal and well-adjusted. Pip is stepmother to 10-year-old Tom, Fen has a young baby and Cat has returned to England to start a family. Their mid 30s are promising to be a time of comfort and contentment. However, at their uncle's 75th birthday party, an unexpected guest arrives. Old family secrets are unearthed. Soon new bombshells are dropped. Each sister must confront her own identity crisis and handle the threat this places on relationships.