Ellie Mae lives on Primrose Hill with her good-hearted and fancy free mother, her drunken father, her younger sister and a mean-spirited grandmother. The Hill is not a good part of town, however. When she meets and falls for a hard-working man, they marry and she hides her past from him. When he discovers the truth it jeopardizes their marriage. 一个来自妓女家庭的年轻女子爱上了一个勤奋的男人,但是当他发现了有关她的背景的真相时,他们的恋爱就受到了威胁。