Trinidad Street — Patricia Burns

The Isle of Dogs at the turn of the century is a close-knit community, and in Trinidad Street loves and lives tangle and interweave... When Tom Johnson is sacked and set upon, his daughter Ellen has to leave school and her dreams of an office job, but she can still dream of Harry Turner. Harry is bewitched by silver-tongued Siobhan O'Donaghue, who will use any weapon to repay the people of Trinidad Street for her disappointments - and Gerry Billingham, if he doesn't go a deal too far in pursuit of a retail empire, will be there to pick up the pieces...