A tragic-comedy story about life's great secrets. One cold January morning the three siblings Donna (16 years), Rianne (14 years) and Plet (11) find their mother lying dead on the kitchen floor with four tickets to Barbados... Outside, a raging storm temporarily prevents the three kids calling for help. After the initial shock has subsided, it dawns on them the true implications of their mother's death: Plet will be staying with his erratically violent father and Donna and Rianne, since their father is dead, will be placed in a juvenile pension. They decide to keep Mum's death a secret and put her in the cold barn. However keeping up appearances is demanding, particularly when family and friends, neighbours and an increasingly suspicious community try to intrude all wanting to talk with their Mum. The bills pile up, as do the food and clothes to buy, schools to be cared for, homework to be done. Donna, Rianne and Plet find creative ways to take care of these, all the while dealing ...