Catherine Cookson's The Moth

When his father dies, Robert Bradley gives up his job in the shipyard to work in his uncle's carpentry shop. Life with his domineering uncle isn't easy but an encounter with a strange girl locally known as The Moth, bring changes in his life.

Robert secures a handyman's job on the local estate and soon makes an enemy of Dave Waters, the family's old retainer.

Cousin Carrie gives birth to a stillborn child on Christmans Day.