Synopsis: |
Maggie Beaton has been forced by circumstances to be self-reliant. So when she meets the members of her local suffrage group, all of them more prosperous than she, Maggie is determined to prove herself to them - with devastating consequences. She finds herself outcast, spurned by her family, her workmates and her friends. Her only support is George Gordon, a militant trade unionist, and for a time his love is enough. But as war breaks out they are forced apart and Maggie finds herself reduced to the workhouse. Slowly she finds the strength to begin a struggle of a different kind - the search for a lost child who has given her life new meaning... |