One Step at a Time

London 1934

Amy Carter''s great frustration is that at nearly fifteen she still can''t read or write very well. She is intelligent, but has trouble with words. How is she going to survive when her father is hanged for murder and her mother dies, leaving her alone?

Ben Scott, an artist she has met only once, finds her at this crucial time and takes her back to his landlady, who gives her a home. Th...