Publisher's Synopsis
Brenda O'Donnell is turned out by her family when she finds herself pregnant at sixteen. Widowed Sid Rawlins offers her a home and a name for her child in return for her running his household and looking after his children, and a desperate Brenda has little choice but to accept. Life isn't easy for Brenda and little Ruby but they try to make the best of things, until Brenda falls in love with Sid's eldest son, Danny. The affair causes trouble within the family and when Sid dies and leaves the business to his cousin Charlie, life becomes even harder for Brenda...
