In this sequel to the story of her working-class childhood, Kathleen Dayus tells of her life as a young munitions worker during the First World War, marriage and the bitter hardship of life below the poverty line Early widowhood and her desperate but abortive attempts to survive on parish relief during the Depression force her to relinquish her children to Dr Barnado's homes eight lonely years pass before Kathleen can offer them a home and security again