Salt of the Earth by Sally Spencer

Salt of the Earth by Sally Spencer

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Marston is based on salt - literally, for the mines that provide its living honeycomb the ground beneath its streets. Here Becky Taylor, a salt-miner's daughter, lives in the same village but a different world from the rich Worrell's - until her beauty catches Richard's roving eye.

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Salt of the Earth by Sally Spencer

Becky Taylor is born the last of seven children into a poor working class familyduring the heyday of the Industrial Revolution. Her mother is exhausted by poverty and child-bearing; her father has given the best years of his life to worrells salt works as a miner. But in spite of the hardships, Becky grows up in a family full of warmth, loyalty and determination. Spanning twenty, this is at once a family saga and a story of the indomitable working class spirit; it is also the story of a beautiful women who is determinated to rise about her origins and lead a better life. Her challenge isto achieve her dreams without losing the friends and family to whom she owes everything.
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ISBN 13 9781857971460
ISBN 10 1857971469
Title Salt of the Earth
Author Sally Spencer
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Year published 1996-03-04
Number of pages 368
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.