Liverpool May 1926. Peggy and Dar Tenant's dream for security and respectability has been their driving force since they married. Just as they prepare to buy their own home tragedy strikes when Dar is involved in a devastating accident at the docks and Peggy's world crashes around her. With Dar seriously ill in hospital Peggy's reduced to scrimping and saving to keep a roof over her family's head having to revisit the hardships of her youth that she dearly wanted to escape from. As summer days turn to winter the overwhelming struggle begins to take its toll and Peggy is forced to swallow her pride as the good people of Beamer Street come to her rescue. She also seeks help from her formidable sister Violet little knowing that Violet holds a dark secret that has cast a shadow over Peggy's whole life. Love lies and recriminations will be uncovered as Peggy tries to pick up the pieces of her shattered life and finally reconcile the shadows of her past.