Alice and Charlie have the perfect marriage. They must have because everyone keeps telling them so. In fact, Alice's whole life is sussed. Two adorable(ish) children, one adoring(ish) husband, one nanny, one cleaner, one lovely house. And latterly a glamorous job, albeit part time and quite possibly nepotistically come by. What's not to be ecstatic about? And then a new couple move in across the road: a very perfect, impeccable, tiny stranger with a Gwyneth Paltrow accent, and a man Alice hasn't seen since she was 20. Alice has never admitted to herself that Caradoc broke her heart. But when she sees him again she begins to wonder...