Anna, 23, is struggling to bring up her three children. Ever since her husband began having an affair – a liaison he doesn’t even bother to conceal – Anna has found herself being pushed inexorably towards an emotional state of emergency. Suffering her domestic situation in silence, she does her best to keep the family together. It’s no wonder she can’t quite accept her latest pregnancy – choosing instead to keep it a secret right up until the birth, which, when it comes, takes her completely by surprise.