Will she ever be anything more than an East End girl? Cissy Farmer longs
to escape her life in London's Docklands where times are hard and money
is tight. And when she meets the debonair Langley Makepeace, her dream
seems within reach. But the price of belonging in Langley's brittle,
sophisticated world could be much higher than Cissy ever imagined. Torn
between Langley and her gentle childhood sweetheart, Eddie Bennet, she
is forced to gamble on her future chance of happiness, a decision that
will change her life forever.