1942 -- England is at war. After surviving a bomb raid in Bethnal Green tube station, Doreen can't stop reliving the trauma, and leaves her office job in London. On the south coast, Ivy has been billeted with Doris, a cantankerous woman who is making Ivy's life a misery. When she escapes an explosion at the munitions factory, the nightmares won't go away. Peggy Reilly invites both women to stay at Beach View Boarding House in Cliffehaven, in the hope that they can heal. But will they be able to help each other through the hardships of war?;It's 1943 and Peggy Reilly is at her best when the troubles of war come knocking at the door of Beach View Boarding House - especially when it concerns her younger sister, Doreen. Doreen is divorced from Eddie, but his letters have taken on a more threatening tone of late. When Doreen barely survives a traumatic disaster whilst on leave in London, she returns home to Peggy and Cliffehaven in the hope that the love and comfort she will find there can help her recover. However, Eddie continues to be an unsettling reminder of her past - and Doreen's life is about to change dramatically.