Living on the streets of Liverpool in 1866, a young girl from Cork, Ireland gets along every day in any way she can. Desperation motivates young Fannie Flanagan, and petty thievery is her livelihood. It is a hard life for a thirteen-year-old girl. When a seemingly benevolent man takes her in as a maid to work at his estate, her destiny is changed. After years of service, and increasingly humiliating abuse, Fannie has had enough. She pushes her luck...