The holly tree

the long version

Sasha, the attractive and inspiring tutor of an evening class, is tired of her sterile relationship. Her students include Caroline, a soldier's wife, desperately anxious about her husband serving in Afghanistan; Roger, recently divorced and lonely; Pauline, who although successful in business, is afraid of being left on the shelf; and the talented but unsettling Martin, who mysteriously comes and goes. Over the course of a single year, the lives of all the students become interwoven in often surprising and unexpected ways.