Jennifer Longbridge was only fifteen-years-old when she fell pregnant. Growing up in a Northern steel town in the post-war years, the scandal of an illegitimate child was unthinkable and Jennifer took the secret of the father's identity with her when she died in childbirth. But her tiny twins, Jenny and David, stubbornly refused to die too. Brought up by their grandparents, Jenny and David's family is a tightly-knit unit. All his life, David has watched over his sister, loving and protecting her. Jenny grows daily more like their beautiful mother, until one sunny afternoon tragedy strikes and their peace is shattered for ever...