A mother and daughter's lives change for the worst as they struggle to make ends meet after the husband/father's death.

Louisa Atherton (Kerry Armstrong) is 49 years old and to date has lived a privileged and superficial life. When her wealthy husband Jack drops dead in the arms of another woman, Louisa thinks things can't get worse--until she discovers that he's left her bankrupt.She's forced to return to her tiny hometown, Rainbow's End, with her tail between her legs. As she re-negotiates her relationships with her prickly mother Minna (Julia Blake) and recalcitrant kids, she learns to understand herself for the first time in her life and comes to realise that her small town's history will play a vital role in her future.

Kerry Armstrong stars in this mini-series as an unfortunate widow whose husband dies in bed with another woman. Due to mismanagement of their money by the now-dead hubby, Kerry (Louisa Atherton) and her daughter Holly wind up at the mercy and scorn of Louisa's mother. Mother and daughter take up residence in a dilapidated house on acreage, trying to make ends meet by taking any job on offer. Holly alienates herself from schoolmates as she's seen better schools, having been at a private school in Melbourne.