Mirabelle

Mirabelle has no place in the world she is born into. Her father's name is not hers to claim, yet her spirit refuses to be tamed. Her ambition is to perform on the stage. Until then she sings and dances in the street, drawing crowds outside the taverns, and along the way she falls under the control of an older man who uses her for his own ends.

Her persistence eventually wins her a name at the Wolverhampton Theatre Royal. The rise is shadowed by grief and loss, though there is laughter too. As her life grows more complicated, she must decide between a love that pulls at her and the singing that has defined her.