Heartache And Hardship In Londons East End, From The Bestselling Author Of The Orphans Of Halfpenny Street Kathy Cole, Is A Determined Young Woman. She Refuses To Stay At Home With Her Bitter, Drunken Father And Is Instead Determined To Do Her Bit For The Men In The Great War By Training To Be A Nurse.while In Training, She Meets Up With A Face From The Past Tom Orourke Now A Doctor With Many Responsibilities. He Doesn't Initially Take Much Notice Of The Young, Innocent Kathy And She Knows Its Wrong To Think Of Tom As Anything Other Than A Friend, Especially As She's Promised To Billy Ryan Back Home In The East End.however, Kathy And Tom Find Themselves Thrown Together And, Like So Many Other Young Couples During The War, They Become Closer Than They Should.