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In 1984, two young moms meet at a young child group in Birmingham. As their friendship grows, they share with each other the down sides and secrets in their lives: Joanne, a lovely, shy gal, is increasingly frightened of her hubby. The lively, encouraging man she married has become hostile and violent and she is too ashamed to tell anyone. When her mother, Margaret is all of a sudden rushed into medical center, the bewildered family find that we now have things about their mother of which that they had no idea.Margaret was evacuated from Birmingham as a child and has put in years avoiding the pain of her youth - but detects that you can't run from days gone by forever. Sooky, kind and good-natured, was already through one devastating marriage and is back again at home coping with her parents. But being 'disgraced' is not easy. Her mother, Meena, won't talk with Sooky. At first her silence seems like a abuse, but Sooky little by little realizes it includes emotions which are more complicated and this her mother might need her help.Meena has put in 20 years seeking to squeeze in with life in Birmingham, also to deal with the conflicts within her between east and western, old ways and new. This is actually the storyline of two young women discovering the heartbreak with their moms' lives, and of how moms create daughters - and study from them.
