Daniela has a shameful secret. She can’t write and tries to hide it. She’s clever and has taught herself to be tough, but things at school go from bad to worse and then she overhears another shameful secret. It’s about her mother who goes out dancing in the red light district. Set in multicultural inner-city Leeds during the time of the Yorkshire Ripper, Dani’s problems multiply as she struggles to keep her mother safe and stop her stepfather from leaving. Gradually, Dani learns that she can’t manage everything alone.
