'An evocative tale' Woman Magazine
The East End of London has been devastated by the Blitz and the people
are struggling to come to terms with their ravaged city. Rationing bites
ever deeper and and everything that makes life better is in short
supply. For the district nurses, the challenges are tougher than ever.
Gladys loves her work in the Civil Nursing Reserve, but just when she
needs to rely on her sister at home to help out with the chores, she
turns into a handful of trouble. Edith is learning to cope with her
boyfriend's injuries after Dunkirk but will she have to choose between
her love for him and her career?
With no end in sight, the war reaches its darkest moment ... Can the
nurses - and the families and patients that rely on them - find the
strength to carry on?