Rag Woman, Rich Woman

Rory McElpy lives with her wastrel father, rag-woman mother and ten brothers and sisters in a Glasgow slum. It is the 1920's and the depression is taking its bitter toll. Rory is determined to better herself—and her fierce desire to be as genteel as her friend Victoria receives a boost when she meets intense, politically minded Matthew Drummond at a dance…

But Matthew's ambitions exceed Rory's—and she is left behind with nothing except her punctured dreams. A survivor, Rory conceives her own idea for a business and pursues it with a ruthless, single-minded drive…