尼克很孤独，陷入婚姻，猫也不见了。她爱她的儿子，但希望从生活中得到更多。当新妈妈Jen来到镇上时，Nic的生活被照亮了。但这是有代价的。

故事讲述出身贫寒的女佣Emma Harte，如何自强不息、勤奋工作、善于学习、抓住各种可能的机会，实现自己人生梦想的历程。该剧改编自芭芭拉·泰勒·布拉德福德的同名小说。

The life of Emma Harte, from kitchen maid at the beginning of the 20th-century, to respected businesswoman and grandmother in the 1980s. From humble beginnings, Emma Harte starts her business with a small shop, but over the next twenty years, she expands her stores and invests in the growing textile industry in Leeds.