The story takes place in 1950 in England, where the war caused great damage to the city. in the chaos, a woman named Vera (Imelda Staunton Imelda Staunton) managed to live a peaceful and stable life with her husband and children. On the surface, Vera is a cleaning woman, but a secret is deeply hidden in her heart. In her spare time, Vera would help women who became pregnant during the war to have an abortion through the operating room provided by her friend Lily (Ruth Sean Ruth Sheen), one of which was illegal in Britain at the time. The addition of Reggie (Eddie Masson Eddie Marsan) adds joy to Vera's family, and his wedding to Vera's daughter Ethel (Alex Kelly) puts joy on everyone's faces. At the time of the wedding, the door was knocked, but what came was not a friendly blessing, but the arrest of the police, and Vera's actions were made public.