Laura Linney stars in this solo play that follows a woman named Lucy who is recovering from an operation. Feeling unsteady she wakes to find her mother sitting at her bed. She hasn't not seen her mother in years, and the visit brings Lucy back to her childhood in an isolated rural setting and her escape to New York with the goal of becoming a writer, As she begins to establish herself, she still finds herself gripped by the urgent complexities of family life.
Ronas Munro adaptes this story from Elizabeth Strout's bestselling novel.
Richard Eyre directs.