Publisher's Synopsis
It is 1887 and times are lean. When West Country farm labourer Emmanuel Ladycott and his daughter, Tresca, lose their jobs, they head for Tavistock where Emmanuel hopes to join hundreds of navvies working on the railway line. Lodging together in a tiny attic room, Tresca is determined to forge a new life among the overcrowding and poverty of Bannawell Street. But when Emmanuel is dismissed from the railway, Tresca doesn't know whether to blame her father or his Irish foreman, Connor O'Mahoney. Torn apart by her conflicting emotions, events spiral out of control leaving Tresca broken and on the brink of despair.
