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In wartime London, aspiring correspondent Emmy Lake mistakenly takes a job assisting a stern magazine advice columnist. When her employer rejects readers' difficult problems, Emmy secretly answers their letters, risking her position to offer the help they need.

Wartime advice columnist Emmy Lake helps a magazine campaign recruit women for Britain's factories. Meeting workers struggling with practical hardships forces her to weigh official duty against friendship and the needs of the women her articles are meant to support.

In wartime London, Emmy Lake's advice column supports women struggling on the home front. When a wealthy new publisher plans to replace the magazine's practical help with frivolous society coverage, Emmy and her friends fight to save it.

In 1944, Emmy Lake and her magazine colleagues leave London for the countryside while continuing to support wartime readers. A chance to become a war correspondent beckons, but disaster tests the friendships and community that sustain her.