Bed Of Roses

Louisa Atherton lives a pampered life until the day her husband Jack dies of a heart-attack in the arms of another woman, leaving her bankrupt.

Louisa sets about getting a job but doesn't find them easy to come by and has to accept cleaning jobs to get her through until she finally gets a job as a photographer.

Louisa's son Shannon arrives in Rainbow's End and soon it becomes known that he is has been suspended from his football team and owes 20,000 dollars.

A destructive possum creates havoc in Louisa's roof but leads to a discovery about Mary Kelly. Wendy fires Deb from her job at the paper, and Louisa worries how Deb is going.

Louisa sets about trying to fix up her house, with only Holly's help, but a disastrous rainfall puts paid to that. She's about to give up.

With the shack up for sale, Louisa prepares to return to Melbourne. But as she puts her affairs in order, she confronts the fact that her mother is growing older.