The Hungry Hills by Janet Macleod Trotter

The Hungry Hills by Janet Macleod Trotter

With the Great War still raw in the memory and life in the 1920s mining village of Whitton Grange hard and dangerous, Louie Kirkup dreams of a better future. But with a sick mother and a large family of pitman brothers and father, the daily burdens fall heavily on her young shoulders. She fears becoming a spinster drudge until she sets eyes on 'Red' Sam Ritson - hard, muscled and a natural leader - climb into the boxing ring at the Durham Miners' Gala and determines to marry him. But Sam, wedded to his battle for his fellow miners against the ruthless mine owner Seward-Scott, is no ideal husband. As tensions increase and the General Strike looms, Louie's brother Eb begins an affair with Eleanor, the mine owner's wife. With the miners locked out of work, Louie fears for the fate of her village and her unborn child. As the strain takes its tragic toll, loving and loyal Louie must stay strong for them all. Written with compassion, humour and a vivid immediacy, The Hungry Hills is an unforgettable saga of two very different families living through the dramas of 1920s Britain. The Hungry Hills was shortlisted for The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award and is the first in the Durham Mining Trilogy.

I read The Hungry Hills with pleasure..Not only a good read but a vivid picture of the coalfield. All the misery and class division are there but so are the warmth and courage of the people. You'll believe you are there. Denise Robertson My children are unfed, the clothes unwashed, ironing undone ... This is a wonderful book - if you don't mind loosing sleep as you read by torchlight into the night, do get this book. The Miscarriage Association Truly a novel for saga lovers ... weaving together the lives of her many characters with compassion, skill and affection. Northern Echo An unforgettable saga of life in the 1920's Worcester Evening News When Janet MacLeod Trotter writes about the North East she knows what she is talking about ... set in the Durham coalfields, her latest novel is full of warmth and courage and tales of class differences. Sunderland Echo

Janet MacLeod Trotter, a British author, has published eight novels, four of which are historical sagas set in the xxth century. The first, The Hungry Hills, was nominated for a Sunday Times award for best author novel, while Las luces de Assam was nominated for a Romantic Novelists' Association award for best novel of the year and is one of Amazon's top ten best-selling titles, with sales in both Russian and French. Janet has also written for adolescent audiences and is the author of numerous short stories for women's magazines, some of which have been collected in the anthology Ice Cream Summer. Beatles & Chiefs, his childhood memories from Durham and Skye in the 1960s, were featured on BBC Radio 4's Home Truths program. In addition, the author has written for The Newcastle Journal, directed The Clan MacLeod Magazine, and is a member of the Romantic Novelists' Society. (www.janetmacleodtrotter.com) Las luces de Assam is the first installment in the Aromas of Tea series, which takes place in the United Kingdom and India.

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ISBN 13	9781908359070
ISBN 10	1908359072
Title	The Hungry Hills
Author	Janet Macleod Trotter
Series	Durham Trilogy
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	MacLeod Trotter Books
Year published	2011-11-01
Number of pages	262
Prizes	Short-listed for Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award 2011
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