Tragedy struck the McGinley family in the town of Mulldish in the year 1941 when Frank McGinley was killed in a freak accident. His wife, Agnes, was left devastated. With six children, the widow was left with no option. She sent Cissie, the eldest child, to work in Clydebank, Scotland. Twelve-year-old Cissie arrived in Clydebank in March that same year. Clydebank, at the time, had almost been obliterated by bombing. She soon found work. Cissie met and befriended another girl named Annie McCoy, both coincidentally shared the same birthday and age.

The years pass, and the girls turn...