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Set in the Black Country during the Victorian age of steam, and centred around an actual historical incident, SALT OF THE EARTH tells the compelling story of a young man and a girl who cannot make up their minds.
A robust tale of love, loss and jealousy
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SYNOPSIS Lucy Piddock meets Arthur Goodrich, solid and reliable, a stonemason and regular churchgoer. As far as her family and friends are concerned, Arthur is the ideal match. But Lucy's perception is different. He is prone to one calamity after another - hardly the man of her dreams - and she remains lukewarm. Unbeknownst to Arthur, she is holding out for Dickie Dempster, the dashing guard she fancies who works on the newly constructed railway which runs through her home town of Brierley Hill. Prompted by Lucy's rejection and another row with his father, Arthur leaves Brierley Hill to seek a new life, and perhaps even a new love - in Bristol - leaving Lucy free to pursue her dream of happiness with Dickie Dempster. Only when tragedy strikes does Lucy begin to understand which way her true feelings lie. By which time all seems lost . . . Michael Taylor's powerful tale of love, loss and jealousy is robust and unforgettable, full of the astonishing twists and turns that make his stories compulsive reading. |
PUBLISHING DETAIL Hodder & Stoughton In Coronet paperback from Magna Large Print £18.99 | |
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