Viv Sharpe hurtles down the motorway, kids in tow, towards the Bristol she used to call home. Not only has Bristol changed, but Viv finds no one wants to know her and there's nowhere to go. Is this the start of Viv the vagrant? Or can she keep fighting back?

Viv Sharpe 's got her kids back and has thrown in her lot with a group of women in a squat. The owner wants them out and involves his lawyer friend. Viv and the lawyer fancy each other. But the owner's banging on the door, and just whose side is this lawyer on? Viv's ex will stop at nothing to poison her life, and there's Viv's other ex - Yvonne's father - around and in business. So what about the kids? Will Viv lose custody? Or can she keep fighting back?