When her Dad is arrested on drugs charge, what will rich kid Emma and her family do? The 16 year old white girl from wealthy suburb of Kloof, meets Joni, a Shona, aged 18, who arrived from Bulawayo to help his aunt in Christmas craft markets. Both have to learn survival skills fast. Joni having lost his money to muggers now on his first day in Durban sees his aunt taken by the police. Meanwhile Emma's tycoon father is also arrested. At the police station next day, Joni's aunt is released, but Emma's mother is horrified to be told that her "international financier" husband is charged with drug trafficking. In an emotional scene through the bars, she screams at him for jeopardizing their family. During the next week, humiliated by publicity, she and Emma face up to big decisions. Joni meanwhile lodges with Zim wire-workers and the street mechanics, harassed by police and angry local residents. After meeting again at the rainy Sunday market, Joni helps Emma's family through their sudden ...