Sylvia is sixteen during a time when illegitimacy is not tolerated, unmarried fathers don't have rights, and infertile married couples demand newborn babies.
A story about a rebellious girl and a young nun caught between great religious and social changes, brought on by Vatican II, and a thriving adoption industry driven by religion and society.
1966. Across Australian cities and towns, thousands of unwed teenage mothers await the birth of their children in homes and hospitals run by the Catholic Church. St Joseph's Hospital, run by the Sisters of St Anthony, has never had a girl leave their gates without relinquishing their child. Enter sixteen-year-old Sylvia, defiant and rebellious, caught in the flush of first love and imprisoned against her will.