In the year 1800, before anaesthetics were available, Molly, a fun loving young Irish girl is shocked and devastated by the death of her mother. She marries a man she does not love, and together they travel to England to find work and to make a new life in Lancaster, in the North of England, where Molly makes many friends. Throughout her life, as she searches for happiness, Molly is haunted by her memories of Ireland, but her determination to return there is hampered by a shocking revelation from her past.