Sammy is fifteen and lives with her twenty-year-old brother, Jacob in a desolate deprived area in the shadow of an industrial area. Dad is an alcoholic and is in an asylum and from her mother have long been nothing heard. Jacob treats Sammy as if she is his own daughter, but she is growing faster than he does. This close brother/sister relationship is firmly put to a test, especially when she begins to discover her sexual feelings.