Urchin's Song

The approach of the twentieth century means little to Josie Burns and her family; living in Sunderland''s slum area, they battle dirt, cold and hunger on a daily basis. Josie''s brothers and sisters are terrified of their violent alcoholic father, but Josie is not like the rest, for she has something that will enable her to rise out of the slums: a beautiful singing voice, with which even as a chi...