The Spoiled Earth by Jessica Stirling

The Spoiled Earth by Jessica Stirling

The first novel by the author who has been called Scotland's answer to Catherine Cookson. The Lanarkshire colliery village of Blacklaw is a harsh and unforgiving place, but it is home to the ambitious, hard-working Stalker family. Until the morning in March 1875, when a mining disaster takes a hundred lives and changes their life forever. The underground explosions kills their menfolk, but not their ambitions, their pride or their love for one another. Drew Stalker is the young man on whom their hopes rest. But it is on his sisters Kate and Mirren that the burden of saving their family will fall. A besteller since it was first published, this story continues in The Hiring Fair and concludes in The Dark Pasture.

I am very impressed..Jessica Stirling has a brilliant future before her * Catherine Cookson *
Gripping * Glasgow Herald *
Miss Stirling bids fair to become the Zola of Lanarkshire * Scotsman *
Jessica Stirling's high reputation is well deserved * Manchester Evening News *
She writes in bright colours with bold, confident strokes. * Glasgow Herald *

Born in Glasgow, Jessica Stirling is the author of many heartwarming novels, most of which have Scottish backgrounds. She has enjoyed a highly successful career since THE SPOILED EARTH was published in 1974.

Find out more at www.jessicastirling.com

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ISBN 13	9780340707432
ISBN 10	0340707437
Title	The Spoiled Earth
Author	Jessica Stirling
Series	Stalker Family Saga
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Hodder & Stoughton
Year published	1998-02-05
Number of pages	416
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.