A compelling tale of Lucy the suffragist and the courageous women who fought for their right to vote. Emma’s curiosity is piqued by a gutsy young climate change campaigner with an antique trinket box full of women’s rights badges, but tracing their history pushes her to her limit. Struggling to recover from Covid-19, Emma is terrified of developing a chronic and incurable condition and becoming a burden. She tries to ignore her fears and keeps working; she has clients who rely on her. Paige is a spirited environmentalist whose wealthy father tries to curb her enthusiasm. But she is intent on making her mark on the world in spite of him. Emma is torn between untangling the mysteries of Paige’s legacy and saving herself when exhaustion threatens everything she cares about. In 1892, 21-year-old Lucy, a dedicated suffragist, is determined women shall win the right to vote this time. Since her mother died, she has grown up in the glow of her father’s benevolence. Winning the franchise has become her raison d’être, greater even than her love for Richard. She goes canvassing and is ambushed by a man who undermines her confidence. Torn between winning the vote and safeguarding those she loves, she redoubles her campaign efforts. But a moral dilemma puts her future in jeopardy.