This distinctively gritty take on the popular saga format follows the progress of Ruth and the family as they try to make it at the Blackburn cotton mills following Ruth's father's death, placing their fates in the hands of the Earl of Harrogate, Lady Katrina, and her bad-intentioned sister The Earl, Lady Katrina and Ruth face a pivotal moment in their lives - one that will not only affect them, but generations to come . . .
