When We Were Young

Spring, 1994.

Will Bailey, a struggling musician busking in a tube station, falls for Emily, the quirky art student who passes by every week. By 1997, Will’s performing on the pyramid stage at Glastonbury, and Emily has her own gallery show. The pair share a magical summer, touring across Europe and America with Will's band – caught up in their love, both for each other and their art.

But within two years, Will is dead.

Spring, 2016.

Emily has stayed single since Will’s death. Her art career is long gone, and her 16-year-old daughter, Liv, is all that matters. But when Liv plays an old Will Bailey song in the car, Emily loses control and crashes. Concussed, she reveals she knew Will back in his heyday. Liv can’t let this secret go: how could her boring, normal mother – who never goes anywhere or does anything – have known someone like Will Bailey?

And why does she blame herself for his death?

Interweaving Emily and Will’s bittersweet love story with Emily and Liv’s present-day struggle to understand one another, When We Were Young explores what it means to have loved and lost and will remind you that the ones you love can set you free.