Rose

In the 1990s Julia Honeychurch moves to Canberra with her new husband Brian to take up a position at a school for troubled children. When the marriage sours Julia learns that in Canberra its difficult to keep secrets. Shes fallen in love with Kate Selby a university lecturer and consultant at Julias school. Kate and Julias clandestine meetings take her away from the family and arouse Brians suspicions. When twelve-year-old Rose Cavanaugh joins her special unit Julia clashes with Roses abusive stepfather Lee over his treatment of Rose and Roses mother. Animosity spirals into dangerous territory imperils Kate and Julias secret life and brings a night of murder to the city.