Manchester, 1922. Nancy Pike is out of her depth. A pupil at the Miss
Heskeths' school for surplus girls, she's blundering through her lessons
and her job placements. She never wanted to leave her beloved pie-shop
job, but she knows she needs to better herself. Her only joy is getting
to know the children at St Anthony's orphanage. And working for Mr
Zachary Milner twice a week. Zachary's new business is off to a flying
start. Alone in the world since the death of his brother, he's
determined to do well for the both of them. And Nancy's presence has
brought a little sunshine back into his life. But when she makes a
terrible mistake that puts his livelihood in jeopardy, he has no choice
but to let her go. As Nancy struggles to find a way to make it up to
him, she must also try to make this Christmas the best the orphans have
ever seen - or risk losing yet another chance to help her family. As she
battles the prejudices around her, and her own fear, can she bring a
little Christmas cheer to the orphanage, and maybe even to Zachary
Milner?