Gripping and moving saga set in 1920s Merseyside After years of neglect by her mother, when her father comes home from sea and sets up as a carrier at the Liverpool Docks, Patsy dreams of being a proper family again. But when her father is killed in an accident and her mother returns to her errant ways, Patsy must keep the business going with the help of Billy Grant, the boy who worked with him. Billy is deeply in love with Patsy but she has fallen for the charismatic charms of fairground showman Bruno Alvarez, and believes that he is going to marry her. One fateful night she brings him home to meet her mother who seduces him. Heartbroken but still in love with Bruno, Patsy discovers she is pregnant. Bruno has disappeared and even her own mother disowns her. Only loyal Billy stands by her in her troubles but when he is badly injured at work Patsy is left friendless and without a home. Will she and baby Liam ever be part of a family again?