Christmas Day, 1924, in Liverpool, 12 year old Sara Cordwainer, the unloved child with rich parents. She notices a ragged girl with a baby in her arms outside her church, stopping to talk to her, while pressing collection money into the girl's icy h&. But this generous act causes a tragedy that will haunt her for years. Years later, Sara encounter brogan, a young Irishman working in Engl&, she feels she has finally found a friend. But Brogan hides a secret, one which he dare not tell to no one, not even Sara.