East End Nolan Family

Josie O'Casey arrives in London after twelve years in America and is met with an East End that is much changed. Drawn back to her childhood haunts - and her childhood sweetheart, Patrick Nolan, she finds he now belongs to another. The couple are offered a glimmer of hope, but their chance at happiness is threatened by the all-powerful Ma Tugman and her criminal empire..

In the East End of London, widow Ellen O'Casey is struggling to support her family, while saving for their passage to a better life in New York. Danny Donovan, a local gangster, is determined to make her his mistress, but when Ellen catches the eye of the new doctor, Robert Munroe, an intense rivalry is formed between him and Danny. As Ellen and Robert aim to bring an end to Danny's reign of terror, their own chance at happiness seems suddenly to be at stake.