Mary Jenkins has every reason to be proud; from humble beginnings she has risen to become overseer in the Canal Street laundry. But when Billy Gray, her sweetheart, is imprisoned for a murder he swears he didn't commit, her world becomes a frightening an complicated place, torn by feuding and violence. Mary, determined to be her own woman and rebuild her shattered life follows a path that most women would fear to tread.

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