Liverpool 1848. Meg Shaw is the middle child of eight siblings not old enough to bring in a wage to help her struggling family but not young enough to be a babe to be cared for. When the family realise they can't feed all the children Meg makes a choice. She volunteers to go to the workhouse for one season taking her little sister Rosie with her. Together they can make it through. But the moment they enter the workhouse Meg and Rosie are separated. Abandoned and alone Meg is determined to make it through and soon finds herself surrounded by a new family of vulnerable girls in need of protection and love. Meg does all she can for her new sisters but when no one comes for her or Rosie can she find a way to keep them all safe?

Part of the Shaw Family in Liverpool series.