Set in war torn London at the height of the blitz in World War II, Lily meets and quickly marries a Canadian soldier, Charlie, who immediately goes off to war. Pregnant and alone Lily just about manages to make ends meet and then she and her newborn daughter are invited to move and live with his family in rural Canada.  However it is not the ‘John Wayne style’ ranch that her husband told her it was and his family are less than welcoming. Feeling very isolated she realises she is waiting for a husband who she barely knows and hardly ever hears from and whom may never return.