All they have left is each other...
Life has always been tough for May and Gus Lavender. Their father went
away to sea never to return, and then their mother falls victim to the
typhus sweeping through Liverpool. Regarded as orphans by the
authorities, May and Gus are sent to the Brownlow Hill Workhouse.
Like all workhouses, Brownlow is the last resort for the poor and the
destitute. May and Gus will have to rely on each other more than ever if
they are to survive the hardships to come...