For Michael from Mum. In post-war Docklands, abandoned by her husband, a young woman dies leaving a small child. Uncared for, the boy develops a shell and grows into a troubled adult. Meanwhile, his mother's ghost resides, unresolved, in Nunhead Cemetary. A lifetime later, two unrelated incidents unite his contemporary world and her afterlife and they meet. A lifetime of yearning is satisfied as they get to know one another before...