When Daisy May's little sister disappears after a fire in their home she fears the worst. It's 1921 and eighteen-year-old Daisy May and her six-year-old little sister Mary-Jane are orphaned. Times are tough and, to support her sister, Daisy has to work hard as a dancer in a nightclub, getting home late and hardly seeing Mary-Jane. One night a fire starts and Mary-Jane is alone in the house. The night's events lead to the sisters being split up and Daisy May begins to fear that she will never see Mary-Jane again ...