After leaving their beloved Dartmoor to find work in the capital, it’s not long before the Johnsons realize that London is not the promised land after all. The lower classes are worked to the bone and struggle to survive, and their dreams of equality are brutally shattered. Scrubby’s father is fatally injured during the Bloody Sunday catastrophe, and further tragedy is not far behind. But Scrubby and his sister, Sheela, keep moving forward and find work to survive. And in his new job down in the mines, Scrubby will find friendship, love… and chaos.
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