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Edward Maichin is the golden boy of the Chapels. But at home, Edward’s hidden darkness runs riot: his Irish Catholic mother, has no control over him since his father, Ellis, fled to America; his two brothers, Rhys and Caspar, live in fear of him. Only Theo, his imaginative younger sister, dares defy him. A suspicious death halts Edward’s rise, forcing the family out of the valley, to the mines of the North-East, where Theo’s talent for writing begins to match her brother’s skills in social climbing. But when Theo takes a position as companion to a strange old woman, she discovers a family even more complex and vulnerable than her own…
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Wendy Robertson tells a good tale and her characters have a depth and life; even apparently ordinary people are made fascinating by the events around them
Very good stuff
Her work is inspiring and challenging
If you like a homespun yarn, you'll love this