Hull 1930. A terrified woman runs through the dark rain-lashed streets pursued by a man desperate to reach the sanctuary of the local police station. Alice Goddard runs with one thing in mind: her daughter. In her panic she is hit by a car and rushed to hospital. When she wakes she has no memory of who she is but at night she dreams of being hunted by a man and of a little girl. The weeks pass but even her own mother is evasive about the girl’s whereabouts. Penniless and homeless Alice must rebuild her life hoping that one day she will be reunited with her lost daughter.