Abused housewife and mother of three boys, Kathy Baker takes the law into her own hands by shooting her husband, setting off a chain of events that sees her family on the run from police and criminals alike. Kathy must fight to protect and keep her family together; sacrificing her normal life for one of suitcases, suspicion and the ever present spectre of violence... a life lived on the fringes with social outcasts and petty criminals.

Will Kathy's determination save her and the boys from a cruel world out to destroy them, is a mother's determination, love... and a gun enough?