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 Since the untimely death of her husband, young mother Effie
Grey has been forced to live on a narrowboat owned by her tyrannical, crippled father-in-law
Jacob. In spite of her own despair, she is determined to protect her brother Tom
and her baby son Georgie from Jacob's bullying ways - for she is all they have in
the world. Effie and Tom see little of the pittance they are able to earn by trading
along the River Lea, and with no other family to support them they have no choice
but to put up with their increasingly difficult situation.
When Jacob hires Salter and his wife to run the barge, Effie's life becomes even
more unbearable, and Tom is sent packing without a penny to his name. Effie is allowed
to stay and care for her son, but Jacob makes it plain that her position is less
than that of a servant. Forced to live on deck with little to shelter her and Georgie
from the elements, tormented by the villainous Salter and his vile wife, Sal, Effie
is driven to desperation an she steals Jacob's hidden cache of money and escapes
with her son. As she begins her frantic search for her beloved brother, Effie vows
that whatever happens she will make a home for little Georgie and keep him safe
from harm.
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