Amy was just eighteen when she met Barney and they fell deeply in love. Their romantic, passionate marriage was a match made in heaven - and then war came. Barney volunteered to fight, and when he returned to Liverpool after VE Day everything began to change. But what was it that made Amy kill her adored husband - and what happened to their five-year-old daughter, Pearl?" "1971. Amy has been released from prison. But her freedom changes the lives of everyone - not least Pearl. Now twenty-five, she was brought up in a very happy home by her aunt, and has no idea of the terrible secret hidden in her past. As the truth unravels, both Amy and Pearl are caught up in the shocking fall-out of one family's tragedy.