January 1947 The war is over But London is still a wasteland After eights years in the ATS Hattie Wright returns to a Bermondsey she doesn't recognise With so few jobs she reluctantly takes work at the Alaska fur factory
- a place rife with petty rivalries that she vowed never to set foot in again But while she was a rising star in the ATS Hattie's work mates are unforgiving in her attempts to promote herself up from the factory floor After journeying across the world to Australia to marry her beloved Clara is betrayed & returns penniless homeless & trying to raise a child in the face of prejudice While war widow Lou has lost more than most in the war Her daughter & parents were killed in an air raid bomb blast & her surviving son Ronnie is fending for himself & getting into all kinds of trouble The lifelong friendship these women forge while working in the fur factory will help them overcome crippling grief & prejudice in post-war Britain & to find hope in tomorrow