Based the true story of Annie MacPherson, one of the first Victorians to ship children from the poor streets of London to the open fields of Canada.
Rich in detail and character.
It's 1875 and London's East End heaves with child prostitutes, hawkers, beggars and thieves. Annie rescues as many children as she can but feels overwhelmed.
A solution is offered that sounds perfect – Canadian farmers need workers; their wives want housemaids. Shipping children to this land of plenty offers them a future.
Widow, Mary Trupper, is wary, but the promise of a good life for her children is strong.