Tato série sleduje osudy mladé ženy, která opouští svůj venkovský domov v Irsku, aby si splnila sen o životě v zářivé metropoli New Yorku. Sledujeme její cestu za emancipací a hledáním vlastního místa ve vysoce postavené společnosti, kde se potýká s rozdíly mezi tradicí a modernitou. Příběhy se prolínají s politickými nepokoji a osobními dramaty, ale především oslavují sílu jednotlivce a odvahu k novým začátkům v cizí zemi.
Rural Irish girl Ellie loves living in New York, working as a lady's maid for a wealthy socialite. She tries to persuade her husband, John, to join her but he is embroiled in his affairs in Ireland, and caught up in the civil war. Nevertheless, Ellie is extremely happy and fully embraces her sophisticated new life.
An uplifting, inspiring and heart-warming story of a woman truly ahead of her time. Of loves lost and found, of courage and determination. It is the 1930s and when her beloved husband, John, suddenly dies, young Ellie Hogan decides to leave Ireland and return to New York. She hopes that the city's vibrancy will distract her from her grief. But the Depression has rendered the city unrecognisable - gone is the energy and party atmosphere that Ellie once fell in love with, ten years before. Ellie plunges headfirst into a new life pouring all her passion and energy into running a home and refuge for the homeless. In return they give her the kind of love, support and friendship she needs to try and overcome her grief. Until, one day, someone she thought she'd never see again steps through her door. It seems that even the Atlantic isn't big enough to prevent the tragedies of the past catching up with her . . . The heart-rending but inspiring follow-up to TV Book Club bestseller ELLIS ISLAND.