Lois Bennett is a Mancunian factory worker. At home she is the lone girl in a family of men with the responsibility of looking after her fragile father and a wayward brother.
Despite opposition from his snobbish mother, Lois is in love with Harry. Harry betrays her with Kasia, whom he meets in Warsaw. His betrayal seems to simultaneously break her heart and open her mind. Later, she will reflect that it was as though love blocked out the rest of the world; once he had gone, she could finally see what she was missing.
A talented singer, Lois and her musical partner, Connie Knight, are determined to make their own contribution to the war effort. Lois finds her place - and adventure - in the form of ENSA, the War's Entertainment Corps, and heads off to perform for the troops in Northern France.
