Yorkshire, England 1952 Ruth Ackroyd leaves the monotony of her work at her father's textile mill on a Friday evening and secretly takes the train to Manchester. There, she meets a man on the platform, but all is not what it seems....
When Kate joins a book club as a favor to her friend Hannah, what begins as a chore quickly turns into recess when Kate recommends a lesbian novel to the group of unassuming straight socialites....