Dimensions
129 x 197 x 13mm
The first part in a compelling saga, spanning oceans and centuries in the fortunes of one family . . .
London, 1835, and every day is a fight for survival for Abbie and her brother, Jim. Dirty and ragged, they hang around Whitechapel Market hoping to pick up work and earn a few pennies. Then Jim is accused of theft and sent halfway round the world to Australia - to a boys' penitentiary. Abbie is devastated - when will she see her brother again?
The years pass, and Abbie gradually picks up the pieces of her life, finally securing a decent future for herself as a maid in a grand family house. Then Jim returns. Prison life has made him bitter and aggressive and Abbie finds her once loved brother now makes her frightened and uneasy. Will he spoil her settled new life - and drag her down with him in this thirst for revenge?
