In sunderland, England, a city quarantined by the cholera epidemic of 1831, a defiant, fifteen-year old beauty in an elegant blue dress makes her way between shadow and lamp light. A Potter's assistant by day and dress l...In sunderland, England, a city quarantined by the cholera epidemic of 1831, a defiant, fifteen-year old beauty in an elegant blue dress makes her way between shadow and lamp light. A Potter's assistant by day and dress lodger by night, gustine sells herself for necessity in a rented gown, scrimping to feed and protect her only love: her fragile baby boy.