The Great War is over, and sisters Iris and Rose are adjusting to life in their modest Liverpool home after their brother Charlie has returned from the front. But when their mother sends Rose to the Welsh village of Tregarron to recover from an illness she discovers a new world of possibility. There, she obtains a job as housemaid to the wealthy Rhys-Pritchard family and falls in love with the young but troubled head of house. Meanwhile at home, Charlie, becomes engaged to the daughter of a successful coal merchant, while Iris falls for a porter from the local fruit market. Then tragedy strikes, and the whole family must pull together if they are to survive the turmoil ahead.
