Growing up in war-torn England, Livvy and her brother are separated from their parents and sent to live with strangers. At age nineteen, she immigrates to Canada, marries, and has a daughter, Natalie. After the failure of her marriage, she returns to England, but feeling a loss of independence, she decides that Canada is where she wants to be. In the ensuing years, Livvy experiences two long-term relationships, but in the end, she settles for living alone and has no regrets.