In 1930 Bridget O' Brien a young widow with two children fled her brutal & bigoted father & headed for Liverpool & an arranged marriage with a man she had never met. Her destination the famous Scotland Road was noisome & terrifying & a far cry from the clean air & flowing rivers of the only country she had known Irel&. When she met her middle-aged bridegroom Sam Bell whose twin sons were older than she was her sense of isolation only increased. Anthony one of her so-called stepsons also held out the strong hand of friendship but Liam the favourite of his father had the power to terrify her. Liam was cold compelling mysterious & antagonistic. He was also a priest.