The Pit Brow Sisters
Hope Dawson
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
4.40
· 10 ratings · 121 pages · Published: 15 Jun 2020
Jenny Swift is born into a coal mining family in the north of England. As the eldest daughter, it's her responsibility to look after her three siblings. A duty that doesn't always sit well with her.
When her mother falls terminally ill, Jenny is made to promise she'll take good care of the family after her mother's death.
Keeping that vow doesn't get any easier however, when a new law brings them even more financial hardship.
Pushed to their limits, Jenny's world comes crashing down the day tragedy strikes and claims the lives of all but one of her relatives.
Lost and hopeless, old friends step in to help her and little Susie, her last surviving sibling.
But the burden of the past weighs heavily on Jenny's shoulders.
And then there's the ever looming threat of Mr Skidmore, the vicious foreman of the colliery.
Will Jenny be able to protect herself and her sister from the many dangers of the coal mine?
Will she succeed in escaping the claws of her tragic destiny?
And will her life-long friend Daniel bring her the love and happiness she secretly yearns for?
The Pit Brow Sisters is a moving drama and a touching romance story, set in the Victorian coal mines of the 1840s.
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