When her violent stepfather meets a tragic end, Violet Clancy feels justice has been done. Looking around the pitiless Black Country town of Wednesbury, she realises that there are many other wrongs that she could help to put right. Joining a coterie of women who call themselves 'The Wednesbury Wives,' Violet and her friends soon set about winning justice for the abused. But will their friendships survive when some of their good deeds are brought into doubt?