Amanda Grenville

After the death of her husband, the mother of Julie, Jack, Sue and Tom begins to suffer from a mysterious illness. Aware that she is going to have to go into hospital she opens a bank account for the children, so that they can be financially self-sufficient and will be able to avoid being taken into care by the authorities. Unfortunately she also dies and Julie and Jack (the older, teenage children) decide to hide her body in the basement so that they can have free reign of their household. Soon Tom has taken to dressing as a girl whilst Sue has become increasingly reticent, confiding only to her diary, meanwhile Jack and Julie sense an attraction developing for each other. However Julie's new beau, Derek, threatens to unearth the many dark secrets within this family as he becomes increasingly suspicious of Jack.

１９８４年、国はリーダー的存在であるビッグ・ブラザーのもとに全体主義を敷き、他国と戦争を繰り返していた。ウィンストンの勤務する記録局では、過去から現在までの記事や文書など事実に至るものまで国家の意向で修正、削除し、国民への情報操作に余念がない。市民レベルにおいても警察が厳格に取り締まり、個人の自由が制限されていた。そんな中、ウィンストンはいつしか国家体制に疑問を抱き始める。ある日、若い女性ジュリアと出逢うウィンストン。やがて、２人は恋に落ちるのだが…。