With her husband, Jack, away fighting for King and country, Annie must juggle lone motherhood with keeping the regulars happy. Gracie Ashton works behind the bar at the Rovers and thinks all the girls swooning at the American soldiers flooding into Weatherfield are plain daft. But when she meets handsome GI Chuck Dawson, Gracie wonders if she has her own head screwed on right. With rationing, air raids and blackouts, the wives and mothers of Coronation Street are determined to count their blessings. But when an unwelcome face from the past turns up the Rovers, it looks like Annie will have more to worry about than Hitler's bombs...