Hardback : Piatkus Books ISBN 0.7499.0270.8
Paperback : Warner Books ISBN 0.7515.1134.X
Large Print : Dales ISBN 1.85389.500.8pbk

Belfast, 1907. Beautiful Maggie Pierce has left her comfortable home and family to marry her Catholic sweetheart, Paul Mason. Her family are shocked by what they see as her treachery and disown her - but Maggie is determined to make a success of her new life, come what may.

Paul is a proud man. He is determined that his wife shall want for nothing and works hard to provide her with the luxuries she has always enjoyed. And when Maggie gives birth to their daughter, Sarah, their happiness seems complete.

But tragedy befalls the little family and Maggie finds herself penniless, with a baby daughter to care for, alone for the first time in a harsh and uncaring world.