Lizzie has an unfortunate knack of attracting bad luck, but this time she's hit the jackpot. Losing her heart to her boss leads to her losing her job and now she's had to move back home with her parents. But then she meets Mrs Dallimore, a seemingly ordinary woman with an astonishing past.
Mrs Dallimore tells Lizzie the story of a young girl who left America before the outbreak of World War Two and, in crossing an ocean, found herself embarking on a new life she couldn't have imagined.
As Lizzie listens to Mrs Dallimore, she realises that sometimes life has a way of surprising you...