Vera's world shatters when one of her cases is hospitalized with a life-threatening infection. The police trace the event back to her, and she is arrested during a celebratory family dinner for her daughter Ethel’s engagement.
The duality of 1950s society is stark: while the poor resort to Vera’s dangerous procedures, the wealthy families she cleans for can obtain safe, legal abortions by paying high fees for psychiatric recommendations. vera drake
The revelation of her secret causes a deep rift in her family: Vera's world shatters when one of her cases