by Catrin Collier (Author)
Pontypridd 1930 - At eighteen Edyth is the 'plain, intelligent' one of Harry and Sali Evans's five daughters. Until a chance meeting with handsome curate Peter Slater throws her life into turmoil. Head over heels in love, she sacrifices her own ambitions of a college education and career, and defies her parents' opposition so she can help Peter realise his dream of running his own parish. The church sends Peter to Butetown, a multi-racial dockland area of Cardiff, commonly known as Tiger Bay. There Edyth and Peter encounter rich cultures from all corners of the world that flourish even in the depression ridden conditions of desperate poverty. It is a society where creed, language and the colour of a family's skin doesn't matter - as long as the borders that separate Tiger Bay from the city aren't crossed. And there Edyth discovers exactly why her parents were so opposed to her marriage. Peter has a dark secret that has not only blighted his life but also hers. A secret that threatens to destroy her love and, ultimately their marriage. In Tiger Bay she finds out - too late - the difference between true love and infatuation.She experiences the heartbreak that stems from being unable to acknowledge the one man she has come to recognise as the great love of her life.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Publisher: Orion
Published: 03 Apr 2006
ISBN 10: 0752867024
ISBN 13: 9780752867021
Book Overview: Catrin Collier's novels are now selling over 8000 in trade and 40,000 in mass market paperback The Hearts of Gold series shown on BBC1 attracted over six million viewers and raised Catrin Collier's profile. The SUNDAY TELEGRAPH said: ' Just in time: no sooner has the Catherine Cookson back catalogue been exhausted but a new saga queen hits the televisual cobbles' Core author at WH Smith Two more series based on Catrin Collier's novels are in development