A gripping saga evoking the spirit of the 1970s East End from the author of Room for a Lodger & Banished from Bow Sandy Brent's life is blown apart the day her husband offers to drive her to work On the way he tells her that their marriage is over & that he's seeing someone else Sandy's refusal to believe that it's finished sends Roy into a frenzy
- & the car into a head-on collision When she wakes in hospital Sandy is alone & must start her life over from scratch She decides to head back to her roots in the colourful East End & set up her own boutique But someone is set on bringing her down her own sister Ruth Deeply angry towards Sandy because of a childhood secret Ruth is determined to see her sister run aground Gathering her new friends & neighbours around to combat Ruth's warped machinations Sandy needs to draw on strength she never knew she had Then disaster strikes again