After the death of her mother, twelve-year-old Georgie lives alone in the suburbs of London. She's as resolute and independent as Pippi Langstrumpf, but she doesn't have a chest of gold coins. He and his friend Ali steal bicycles so he can support himself. She tells social services that she lives with her uncle. Unexpectedly, Jason appears in her life, who turns out to be her father. A story about the difficult building of a relationship between a child and a parent from scratch, told with humor and honesty. With lightness and formal courage, Regan portrays the well-known working class of East London.