Muthoni Ngugi was a successful young businesswoman who, at the age of 23, was already making Sh5 million a month from her furniture business, Gaze Furnishings Kenya. Then she met a man... and six months into their relationship, found herself at his mercy, with a baby in tow, suffering severe beatings every day and wondering how to escape her circumstances.

What followed was a series of painful events that saw the near-collapse of her business, and forced her to not only take hold of her life, but also reckon with how she had arrived at that point and what she needed to do to change her life for the better. This is The Lady Carpenter's story.