Pit Bank Wench by Meg Hutchinson
Emma Price is only a pit bank wench, but her corn-coloured hair and blue eyes win the love of Paul Felton, younger brother of the colliery owner. Carver Felton has no intention of seeing his brother throw away his future on such a humble girl and savagely rapes Emma, leaving her isolated and pregnant with his bastard child. It looks as though she is destined for the workhouse, but there are kindly folk in Wednesbury: Emma is taken in by butcher Samuel Hollington and his wife and gives birth to her son, Paul, under their care. But Carver Felton has not forgotten the girl he wronged. Once he has ruthlessly achieved his business ambitions, he turns his attentions to finding an heir to the Felton fortune - and he determines to track down Emma and her child.
There's a tear in every chapter - Steve Craggs, Northern Echo A super tale that lingers long in the memory - Bolton Evening News Many bitter tears are shed - Books Magazine A compelling historical saga of triumph over injustice[...] Just right for lovers of Catherine Cookson. - Reading Chronicle and Bracknell News Meg fits into a tradition before television when families sat around a fire and told stories. Not epic stories but the tales of their families and friends, an oral history of a place and its people. Her place and people are Wednesbury in the West Midlands. - Guernsey Evening PostThis old-fashioned drama has some wonderful villains and villainesses and at the end the most unlikely hero - Beverley Guardian, (Driffield)
Meg Hutchinson left school at fifteen and didn't return to education until she was thirty-three, when she entered Teacher Training College and studied for her degree in the evenings. Ever since she was a child, she has loved telling stories and writing 'compositions'. She lived for sixty years in Wednesbury, where her parents and grandparents spent all their lives, but now has a quiet little cottage in Shropshire where she can indulge her passion for storytelling.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340696897 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340696893 |
| Title | Pit Bank Wench |
| Author | Meg Hutchinson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2000-01-06 |
| Number of pages | 361 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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