Jeanette Roberts is the mother to 42 children. She is a tough East Ender with little money. She has never married or had children of her own. Her adoptive family are the abused, the neglected, the physically or mentally handicapped, the orphaned or the unacceptable. Jeanette was abused in her own childhood, but through sheer force of spirit she changed the course of her life. Breaking the Chain describes the positive story of what can be done to heal damaged children and build relationships where all else has failed.