Sandy Brent's life is blown apart the day her husband Roy offers to drive her to works and on the way tells her that their marriage is over and that he's seeing someone else. Sandy's refusal to believe that it's finished sends Roy into a frenzy - and the car into a head-on collision. When she wakes in hospital, Sandy is a woman alone, having to start her life over from scratch. She decides to head back to her roots in the colourful, sparky East End and set up her own boutique. What she doesn't realise is that someone is set on bringing her down - and it's her own sister Ruth.