by JessicaStirling (Author)
The first novel by the author who has been called Scotland's answer to Catherine Cookson. The Lanarkshire colliery village of Blacklaw is a harsh and unforgiving place, but it is home to the ambitious, hard-working Stalker family. Until the morning in March 1875, when a mining disaster takes a hundred lives and changes their life forever. The underground explosions kills their menfolk, but not their ambitions, their pride or their love for one another. Drew Stalker is the young man on whom their hopes rest. But it is on his sisters Kate and Mirren that the burden of saving their family will fall. A besteller since it was first published, this story continues in The Hiring Fair and concludes in The Dark Pasture.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 416
Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks
Published: 05 Feb 1998
ISBN 10: 0340707437
ISBN 13: 9780340707432
Book Overview: The first novel by the author who has been called Scotland's answer to Catherine Cookson: a story of love and ambition set in Lanarkshire in the 19th century. It continues in The Hiring Fair and concludes in The Dark Pasture.
Born in Glasgow, Jessica Stirling is the author of many heartwarming novels, most of which have Scottish backgrounds. She has enjoyed a highly successful career since THE SPOILED EARTH was published in 1974.
Find out more at www.jessicastirling.com