The Life We Make

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>One evening in December 1931 nine-year-old Eva waits at the window for her father Arthur to return from work. Little does she know that this will be the beginning of a decade-long-vigil - or that her mother and sister hold the secret to his absence.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Twenty years earlier a younger Arthur is haunted by his family's emigration to Canada. Seeking a secure future he marries in haste only for conscription to tear him away from his new family. Later after the war he faces a new battle; against the pressures of work society and respectability.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Finally in 1941 on the verge of adulthood Eva must face up to her family's complex legacy and seek the truth behind her father's disappearance. Her coming-of-age quest is set against the backdrop of another war in a blitz-ravaged London and the chance for a marriage of her own - or to break the cycle and choose a different path.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Based on a true story </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Life We Make</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is a tale that spans three decades and two generations. Filled with vivid period detail complex characters and ever-evolving relationships it is at heart a thoughtful examination of the misunderstandings that can drive a family apart - and the love that may eventually pull it back together.</span></p>