In the East End twelve-year-old Tara witnesses her villain of a father almost kill her mother. She forges a determination then & there to change her life. This is the story of three beautiful & talented women. Mabel whose great love for a gambling man has brought her close to insanity; gentle Amy who marries a man brutalised by war & failure; & Tara who is hungry for success & life on her own terms. To have both she must battle against the legacy these two women have left her the deep prejudices & dangers of Whitechapel in the 1960s
- with its gang leaders rogues market traders & dolly birds
- & the passionate love she has had since girlhood for the charming wideboy & villain Harry Collins.