Can this orphan ever fulfil her nursing dreams...?
After her mother's death, Dora is sent to live with her father and his
other family. But Dora is mixed race and illegitimate, two facts that
see her treated as little more than a servant by her step-mother and
half siblings. This doesn't stop the son of the house abusing his
position and Dora finds herself on the streets and pregnant...
Sent to the local workhouse, Dora's future looks bleak but she still
dreams of a better life where she can help others as her late mother did
with her herbal remedies. But can a girl from a workhouse ever achieve
anything, let alone become one of Florence Nightingale's nurses?