Jane Stewart lives with her unhappy mother and stern grandmother in a dreary old mansion in Toronto. It is a world of rules and unhappiness.
Her mother is weak and unable to stand up to Janes grandmother and Jane stoically suffers daily from her grandmothers verbal bullying. What follows is a blissful summer on Prince Edward Island where a dream of bringing her parents together begins to take shape.
And there begins her journey of maturity and delight in a relationship with a father who sympathizes and loves the daughter he has been kept from for years.