Two sisters, two nuclear power stations, one child caught inthe middle...When Helen, a self-taught prepper and single mother, leavesher young son Jack with her sister for a few days so shecan visit Chernobyl' s Exclusion Zone, they both knowthe situation will be tense. Helen opposes plans for a newpower station on the coast of Ynys Mon that will take overthe family' s farmland, and Jennifer works for the nuclearindustry and welcomes the plans for the good of the economy.But blood is thicker than heavy water, and both want toreconnect somehow, with Jack perhaps the key to a newunderstanding of one another.Yet while Helen' s is forced to face up to childhood traumas,and her worst fears regarding nuclear disaster, during a tripthat sees her caught up in political violence and trapped inChernobyl' s Exclusion Zone, Jennifer too must discover thateven the smallest decision can have catastrophic and long-lasting effects, both within the nuclear industry, and withinthe home.And Jack isn' t like other five-year olds...as they will bothdiscover with devastating consequences.
Two sisters, two nuclear power stations, one child caught inthe middle...When Helen, a self-taught prepper and single mother, leavesher young son Jack with her sister for a few days so shecan visit Chernobyl' s Exclusion Zone, they both knowthe situation will be tense. Helen opposes plans for a newpower station on the coast of Ynys Mon that will take overthe family' s farmland, and Jennifer works for the nuclearindustry and welcomes the plans for the good of the economy.But blood is thicker than heavy water, and both want toreconnect somehow, with Jack perhaps the key to a newunderstanding of one another.Yet while Helen' s is forced to face up to childhood traumas,and her worst fears regarding nuclear disaster, during a tripthat sees her caught up in political violence and trapped inChernobyl' s Exclusion Zone, Jennifer too must discover thateven the smallest decision can have catastrophic and long-lasting effects, both within the nuclear industry, and withinthe home.And Jack isn' t like other five-year olds...as they will bothdiscover with devastating consequences.
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