Liverpool 1847. At 17 Delilah Shaw is the eldest of the eight Shaw siblings and the one who must take charge when her mother and brother die in a tragic manner and her father is left disabled in an accident at the docks. When they can no longer afford to live in the family home Delilah must make the heartbreaking choice to leave it and to take two of her younger sisters to the workhouse._x000D_Determined to earn enough to get them back Delilah conjures up a plan to start a flower-selling business with the support of her new friends Irish siblings Bridget and Frank as well as trusted dockworker Abraham. But as her father's drinking habit gets worse and her siblings grow weaker Delilah must ask whether she can really forge a better life for her family before it's too late?

Part of the Shaw Family in Liverpool series.