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| In 1934 the Perkins Family struggles to keep the wolf from the door. And when twelve- year-old Polly's father,suffering from consumption, goes into hospital they face the bleak prospect of being turned out of their home. But Polly's mother, Ada wont give up without a fight, she invites the rentman into her home and he is moved by her plight. He offers Ada a job as his cleaner, and from there a special friendship developes. Eager to help out, Polly starts working for Sarah Jane an elderly flowerseller. Whenshe sells a buttonhole to Carles Denholme, a member of the Liverpool gentry, her winning smile sets in motion a chain of events that alters her lifestyle completely. | ||||