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To my mind these are perfect short stories, beautifully written, easy to read, good story lines ... They are wonderfully human, speaking volumes of experience. Every single story is a gem. Cambria The book exudes a memorable sense of decency and compassion. Planet Sudden and violent death is not confined to war as Evans represents the precarious working lives of miners in stories that demand re-reading. The New Welsh Review These stories are among the best I have ever read about work underground and the community life that went on around the pits. Clear-eyed, authentic in detail and told in a direct style, this is the work of a writer who has learnt his craft and is able to recreate the life he knows in a lively dialogue and some memorable scenes. Professor Meic Stephens Evans has in this book, brought two disparate worlds together and has done it in a way that is thought provoking and moving and what else can we ask from a book. Cambrensis