Whitechapel, London 1890. Queenie Bonner is only two when she is taken
from her large family in the slums to a big house in the country. She is
frightened and confused, begging to be taken back, but is told that this
is now her home. She yearns for her nine brothers and sisters,
especially Harry, who is her favourite. Albert and Mary Warrender rename
her Eleanor and bring her up as their daughter. As time passes Eleanor
forgets about her other family and loves Mary and Albert as her mother
and father. But fifteen years later, when Mary dies, Albert tells her
about the Bonners. With Albert's help, she sets about tracing her
forgotten family. The search holds pleasure, distress and even danger as
she discovers what has happened to her siblings over the years.