Flora Cooke is struggling to raise her children alone amidst the ruins of war-torn Liverpool. With her husband Tom away fighting in the Second World War she has only her unreliable sister to help her and has almost given up hope. She is devastated when Tom is reported missing presumed dead. As the months pass and she struggles to come to terms with her loss Flora is swept off her feet by a handsome American soldier. But he cannot offer the stability that Flora and her family desperately need. And when another terrible tragedy strikes the family Flora must decide what is really important...