In 1959, a widower hires a warm-hearted housekeeper/nanny to care for his seven-year-old daughter.

When Manny Singer's wife dies, his young daughter Molly becomes mute and withdrawn. To help cope with looking after her, he hires sassy housekeeper Corrina Washington, who coaxes Molly out of her shell and shows father and daughter a whole new way of life. Manny and Corrina's friendship delights Molly but enrages the other townspeople.—movix

Upon her unexpected passing in 1959, Annie Singer is survived by her Jewish husband Manny, a jingle writer at an advertising agency, and their 7-year-old daughter Molly, who in her grief has retreated into herself by not speaking. Needing help around the house and with Molly, Manny is interviewing for a combination 9-to-5 housekeeper/nanny, and after seeing some less-than-stellar applicants, Manny hires Corrina Washington, a recent college graduate with no professional experience as a nanny and little hope as a cook. But Corrina needs the job; despite her degree, she works part-time cleaning houses and doesn't earn enough to get by. As a Black woman, she doesn't think she would get hired for the work she actually wants. As a music lover, her dream job would be to write album liner-notes. Corrina starts working for the Singers, makes some sort of positive connection with Molly right away, and ends up being exactly who Molly needed to break out of her self-imposed shell. She is also who Manny needed and they end up making a home of sorts for Molly, despite set-up "friend" Jenny Davis aspiring to be the new Mrs. Singer. But as Manny and Corrina start to fall for each other despite many obstacles, it could be Molly already treating her like a mother and Corrina responding as such that could be the issue.—Huggo