Clare Best has been haunted all her life by dark family secrets. When she agrees to help her dying father record his memoir, she embarks on an urgent quest for the truth. Which version of their life will he tell? And how will she reclaim her own story from his?

With lyricism, forensic precision and flashes of humour, Clare Best pieces together a mosaic that combines her father’s words, his ciné-film footage, her recent journal entries and scraps of childhood memory. This story of courage and resilience is unforgettable.