For her new book, Meg Mundell explores the story of migrant workers who leave the UK by ship, set for a fresh start in Australia. Among the crew is a singer hoping to put a shameful secret behind her, a deaf nine-year-old and an impoverished English school teacher. But the trip descends into chaos when a crew member is found dead, the culprit unknown. The three migrants band together to brace to withstand the chaos and the journey’s aftermath.