DESCRIPTION
Thirteen-year-old Mimi Quinn is on her way to London to fulfil her mother’s ambition for her to become a domestic servant. Then she meets a group of music-hall players and her life takes a different course. As one of Jolly Joe’s troupe, Mimi’s dark treacly voice wins acclaim. But a terrible accident wrecks her ambitions and a dreadful feud between two famous acting families threatens to ruin everything. A gripping story of the difficulties of forgiveness . . . and the dangers of revenge.