Newly qualified teacher Amani Sarin struggles to cope with the bullying children at her school. As the stress takes its toll, she tells a terrible lie.

When 14-year-old Beth stops talking, each member of her family starts to panic that the silence is a result of something they've done.

Frustrated that he cannot see his children for more than a day at a time, divorced father-of-two Andy decides to take them on an impromptu road trip.