The Secrets of Liam Treadway

Liam Treadway born in the East End of London prior to the outbreak of the Second World War to an Irish mother and abusive father, looks back over his long adventurous, but tough life spanning ninety years. His mother get the courage to leave the toxic relationship, Liam, then a small boy watches her steal away during the night. When war breaks out, he is sent by train to the seaside town of Brighton as an evacuee, taken in by a loving family. His older sister remains behind in London. Brighton does not escape the Luftwaffe bombing campaign, when the Odeon Cinema is bombed, he and his new family narrowly escape getting killed. When his sister finally runs away, Liam is summoned back to help his father with the mounting chores. After what he has seen he returns with a hardened maturity and the physical strength to match. He signs on as a deck boy aboard an old cargo ship running urgently needed supplies across the Atlantic. He then joins the army and then finds himself fighting the fight of his live.