1841 Ben was thought dead for 3 long years. His widow Sonja clawed through days of drudgery as a house servant to a rich man who wanted her body, while she tried to pay her debts and clothe her sons. Ben came home from a prison in China to find his family emotionally empty and destitute. They struggle to reunite and rebuild their lives on the Canal, salvaging a barge they named the Ugly Boat, facing hardships and disasters, driving them to their limits.
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