Following a devastating heartbreak, disillusioned junior doctor Ruby Walker leaves her home in the UK for South India after seeing an advertisement for a hospital job. Hoping to start a new chapter of her life, Ruby looks forward to the sunshine, palm tress and beaches, but soon finds herself working alongside under-staffed and overworked employees at a cottage hospital ran by the outgoing English expat, Doctor Lydia Fonseca. As Ruby finds herself and her place in the coastal town, she finds out more about her family and of India, her new home.