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Minnie and her sister, Clara, spinsters both, reside in a dilapidated country house in the center of a housing estate, built when their father sold from the family's land. Now in their 70s, their days follow a well-established routine: long gone will be the garden parties, the tennis lessons and their suffocating strict mother. Gone, too, is any mention of what happened when Minnie was 16 and the secret the family buried in the lands of the estate. Directly opposite them lives Max, an 11-year-old whose life along with his mum has changed beyond recognition since her new boyfriend arrived. Cast aside, he takes solace in Minnie's careful routine, observed through his bedroom window. Over the course of the summertime, both begin to share their stories: Max through a Dictaphone, Minnie through a diary. As their tales intertwine, ghosts are placed to rest and challenges faced in a story that is really as dark as it is uplifting.
