Sarah works in a fabric factory at the time of the strifes with workers unions. Her mom's dead and her Dad resents her because of how much she looks like her mother. Her sister Clara is a few years younger, babied by her father and out of control. She gets whatever she wants and does whatever she wants; meanwhile Sarah has to work in the factory to help keep her family afloat. The last thing she needs is for Sam, the town's 'bad boy' to stir everything up, but there's nothing she can do when he sets his sights on her.