When her great-grandmother is placed in a nursing home, a twelve-year-old is sent to a foster home where the fanatically religious father presses his attentions on her.

Orphaned Pip is apprenticed to the dirty work of the forge but dares to dream of becoming a gentleman. One day, “under sudden and enigmatic circumstances, he finds himself in possession of ‘great expectations.’ This is a gripping tale of crime and guilt and revenge and reward.