V. Good Used. Set in Liverpool, this is the story of Meg, Tom and Martin, three poor children who meet and become lifelong friends in one of the citys orphanages. their prospects look bleak until the friends were sent to help out at the shipping lines immigrant lodging house. Then their youthful high spirits blossomed into their plans for the future. Sadly World War I brought an end to these plans as it threatened to separate them. Grief, suffering, happiness and hope must all play their part in this complex relationship. 544pp