Danger and violence have always been a part of Sue Dalston's East End upbringing Unloved by her mother, abused by her father, and brutalised throughout her entire marriage, she smashes her husband's skull with a claw hammer in a final act of desperation All that keeps her sane is knowing that her four children are safe from harm When she is celled up with murderess Matidla Enderby, their fates become inextricably linked And no one - least of all Sue - could have predicted the consequences