A moving story of one woman's struggle to help children in poverty. Margriet grew up as a lonely child in the old town of Hull. Her adored father often traveled by sea to the Netherlands, leaving her
For ten years, Delia has had to fend for herself and her son Jack, and as a young unmarried mother, life has never been easy. Every new coat and pair of shoes was bought with what little money she cou
In 1897, four-year-old Lucy Thornbury’s parents are killed in a train crash. Taken in by her kindly uncle and aunt and their son, Lucy overcomes the trauma of her childhood and grows up inspired to be
1860. Life is hard for Harriet. She is trying to care for her seriously ill mother, and has just lost her job at the hostelry. The last thing she expects after her mother dies is a marriage proposal,