A silver wedding means a family gathering - difficult occasions at the best of times.

But for the Doyles - Deidre, Desmond and their children Anna, Helen and Brendan - it will be more difficult than most.

For each of them is keeping up a front; each of them is nursing a secret wound, or smarting over a hidden betrayal.

As the day draws nearer, so the tension mounts, until finally the guests gather at the silver wedding party itself...