Asta Looney (yes, she's heard all the jokes) is a prodigal daughter, returning to the small Irish town she ran fled as a teenager. Sent home by her boss to research a magazine story, Asta brings Kitty, the daughter she's raising single handedly, to meet her large and noisy family for the first time. Ireland has a few surprises up its sleeve for Asta. Her relatives want answers about why she stayed away so long, and the new owner of the Big House, a runaway just like her and handsome with it, seems to have his eye on her. Asta's family is cracking up. Can she help to heal the rifts, or will the explosive secret she takes home with her blow them apart for ever?