When a literary critic returns home from London with his beautiful young wife he bemoans his lot in life and decides to sell the family farm which has been lovingly run by his brother-in-law. Post WWI - Sally and her Uncle Jack run a sheep station. For years they have struggled to send money to England to support Sally's father, Alexander who left Australia after the death of his wife. The lives of all those at the sheep station are thrown into turmoil by the return of Alexander and his new, young and beautiful wife, Deborah.