Liverpool, 1931

Meet Daisy Gallagher, a young woman from a large Irish Catholic family living in the tough streets of pre-war Liverpool. She’s a huge character, passionate in her loves and hatreds. After her mum dies, she becomes head of her poverty-stricken family. Her best friend Nellie O’Brien is dying. She needs urgent medical attention. Daisy’s desperation for money leads her into the darkened streets and into the arms of drunken sailors willing to pay. Fighting competition, weeping at her own suffering, laughing with her clients, she becomes the toast of the waterfront and earns enough money to help her friend and her family. She manages to hide her new occupation from loved ones. But what’s going to happen when her sailor husband comes back from sea?

A book which will make you laugh, cry, and have you gripped till you find out what happens to Daisy. One of the most heart-warming, funny and inspiring books you will ever read.