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Set in Liverpool during the Depression and the Blitz of the Second World War- Anne Bakers dramatic saga brings a close-knit community vividly to life.It is the day of the Grand National- 1933- when Susie Ingrams fiance- Danny- is killed in a tragic accident. In a cruel twist of Fate- Susie discovers she is carrying Dannys child and- shunned by his parents- she turns to her mother for support. Louise Ingram- widowed during the First World War- knows how hard it is to bring up a family alone- but with the help of her eldest daughter- Martha- who lives next door- they manage to survive. When little Rosie is born there is no doubt that she is Dannys daughter- but it is destined to take many more years of heartache before the two families are united again......