June Tate

Southampton, 1912. Jessie is made from tough stuff. At just 19, after the death of her father, she opted not to follow her mother back to Ireland, preferring instead to take charge of her own destiny....

Southampton 1920. Phoebe Collins rose to the challenge of running the family fruit and veg stall when her father did not return from the front....

Belgium, 1917. At a military hospital in Poperinge, close to the horrors of the front line, Sister Helen Chalmers strives tirelessly to save the many injured soldiers brought in from battle....

Valerie Brampton and her lawyer husband, Ross, have their own property, but with a past girlfriend still holding on to hope of a relationship with him, all is far from settled....

Connie Morgan works in the haberdashery department of a large Southampton store, and is in love with her married boss....

It's the 1940s. War alters lives, and for three women from different walks of life, the choices they make will change everything forever....

Spring, 1944. Working on an aeroplane production line for planes, Hildy believes she is doing her part for the war effort....