Esta serie profundiza en la vida de la clase trabajadora durante las primeras décadas del siglo XX, donde la tensión entre el trabajo y la vida personal se vuelve palpable. La autora retrata con sensibilidad las complejas relaciones, la lucha por la supervivencia y la esperanza frente a la agitación social. Las historias son poderosas, emotivas y ricas en detalles históricos, sumergiendo a los lectores en una era de profundos cambios. Es una narrativa sobre la resiliencia del espíritu humano y la búsqueda del amor en medio de las dificultades.
The Great War is over but life in Whitton Grange mining village is hard and dangerous. Louie Kirkup fears becoming a spinster drudge until she sets eyes on 'Red' Sam Ritson: hard, muscled and a natural leader. But the General Strike looms and Louie fears for the fate of her village and unborn child, as the strain takes its tragic toll.
When pretty Sara Pallister's father dies she is taken in by a bullying uncle in Whitton Grange pit-town. Here she is irresistibly drawn to motorbike-riding Joe Dimarco, wild son of the extrovert Italians who run the ice-cream parlour. But as war comes and hostility to the Italians erupts into violence, Sara and Jo's passionate love seems doomed.
An emotionally charged family drama set against the momentous backdrop of the 1984 Miners' Strike that divided a nation. Rebellious Carol defies her family to marry miner Mick Todd, but the strike brings tragedy, shocking secrets and tests their love to the limits.