The seventh installment in Elaine Everest's heartwarming Woolworths saga follows the turbulent life of the very first Woolworths girl. After losing her beloved fiancé at Ypres in 1917, seventeen-year-old Elizabeth Billington is faced with a future at home playing the role of dutiful daughter. In an exciting new world of parties and the rising suffragette movement, Elizabeth struggles with her overbearing parents. Deciding she wants more from life, Elizabeth reinvents herself as Betty, and with only her savings and a small case, she sets out on a mission to experience adulthood for herself, escaping the suffocating expectations of her family. Betty soon learns all too well about the realities of life and love, falling into a whirlwind romance that leaves her feeling more lost and alone than ever. It takes a moment of fateful chance for her life to change forever. Spotting an advertisement for a nearby job at Woolworths in Croydon, Betty starts on a new and thrilling journey that only puts another wedge between her and her family. Feeling still too close to home, Betty seizes the opportunity of being supervisor at a new Woolworths store opening in Erith. With three shop girls under her wing and war on the horizon, the tales of the Woolworths girls begin.