"Everything in my grandmother's house had stories, but none more so than the old Webster's biscuit tin with her buttons."
When Lily Candler returns to her hometown in Queensland, Australia, she's faced with the daunting task of putting her late grandmother's homestead and land up for auction. Reminders of childhood are everywhere, especially in the haunting words "Buttons hold memory, Lily".
Day by day, Lily unravels the truth behind Elise's life story, and secrets the town has hidden for decades. In doing so, she comes to understand the stories which have shrouded the truth of her own life.