When Alfie Turner loses his mum, it feels like his world is falling apart. She was the glue that held their family together and, now that she is gone, Alfie and his dad dont really know how to be a family without her. And then Alfie meets Alice. Alice is a force of nature and has her own set of problems, but at least when Alfies with her he can forget about his. Or can he? Because no matter how hard you run, life will always catch up in the end. Despite everything holding them back, together Alfie and Alice learn two things: that friendship can help dig you out of even the blackest hole, and that its not the falling down that matters, its the getting back up.