"'G'night, Amy, G'night.' Those were the last words Amy Dodds heard her mum say. That night, Agnes Dodds walked out of the family home in Islington and disappeared into the streets of a London devastated by the Blitz. For Amy, struggling to hold the family together, there is no time to feel sorry. With no mum, and a dad who proves himself useless, Amy sees little hope for the future until she meets Tim Gudgeon. Tim, who has secretly always loved Amy, fills her with the determination to find Agnes and discover why she left. But Agnes took a dark secret with her - one that Amy may wish she had never heard..."