Sisters Connie and Jenny Dalton have always taken it for granted that there will be food on the table and a roof over their heads. In their comfortable house, they're sheltered from the deprivation in which their housemaid Molly lives with her family in nearby Rotherhithe. But everything changes in April 1912. As the girls wave their father off on the Titanic's maiden voyage, little do they know that soon he will rest in a watery grave. His widow and daughters inherit only debt; even their home is taken from them. With war approaching, it looks like all the sisters' dreams are about to be snatched away. Yet new doors are about to open, behind which lie dangers but also the possibility of happiness for both.