The Pit Girl: To Make A Home, She Must Break the Rules
Mar 2013 · Hachette UK
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To make a home, she must break the rules. Can she triumph over tragedy?
After her father's death, Kate Ferrar is expected to move from London to a mining village in County Durham to live with an uncle she barely knows. Restricted by the confines of polite society and hungry for education and honest company, she breaks all social rules by taking a job in her uncle's office. But a sudden and shocking pit disaster almost destroys everything and Kate must draw on all her courage to survive...
An emotional read about love in the face of hardship. Perfect for fans of Dilly Court, Maggie Hope and Nadine Dorries.
Note: this book was previously published under the title The Singing Winds.
After her father's death, Kate Ferrar is expected to move from London to a mining village in County Durham to live with an uncle she barely knows. Restricted by the confines of polite society and hungry for education and honest company, she breaks all social rules by taking a job in her uncle's office. But a sudden and shocking pit disaster almost destroys everything and Kate must draw on all her courage to survive...
An emotional read about love in the face of hardship. Perfect for fans of Dilly Court, Maggie Hope and Nadine Dorries.
Note: this book was previously published under the title The Singing Winds.
Praise for Elizabeth Gill
'Original and evocative - a born storyteller' Trisha Ashley
'A wonderful book, full of passion, pain, sweetness, twists and turns. I couldn't put it down' Sheila Newberry
'Elizabeth Gill writes with a masterful grasp of conflicts and passions' Leah Fleming
'An enthralling and satisfying novel that will leave you wanting more' Catherine King
'If you love Catherine Cookson then you will love Elizabeth Gill' Northern Echo
To make a home, she must break the rules. Can she triumph over tragedy?
After her father's death, Kate Ferrar is expected to move from London to a mining village in County Durham to live with an uncle she barely knows. Restricted by the confines of polite society and hungry for education and hon...
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About the author
Elizabeth Gill was born in Newcastle upon Tyne and as a child lived in Tow Law, a small mining town on the Durham fells. She has been a published author for more than thirty years and has written more than forty books. She lives in Durham City, likes the awful weather in the north east and writes best when rain is lashing the windows.
Elizabeth Gill was born in Newcastle upon Tyne and as a child lived in Tow Law, a small mining town on the Durham fells. She has been a published author for more than thirty years and has written more than forty books. She lives in Durham City, likes the awful weather in the north east and writes...
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