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Black Sheep

Availability: In Stock
ISBN: 9780099539568
AuthorHill, Susan
Pub Date06/11/2014
BindingPaperback
Pages144
CountryGBR
Dewey823.914
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Quick overview Brother and sister, Ted and Rose Howker, grew up in Mount of Zeal, a mining village blackened by coal. They know nothing of the outside world, though both of them yearn for escape. For Rose this comes in the form of love, while Ted seizes the chance of a job away from the pit.
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"Powerful...Poignant, bleak and haunting, this is a small masterpiece". (Sunday Mirror). Brother and sister, Ted and Rose Howker, grew up in Mount of Zeal, a mining village blackened by coal. They know nothing of the outside world, though both of them yearn for escape. For Rose this comes in the form of love, while Ted seizes the chance of a job away from the pit. But neither can truly break free and their decisions bring with them brutal consequences..."Gripping all the way to its unexpected end". (Spectator).

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"Powerful...Poignant, bleak and haunting, this is a small masterpiece". (Sunday Mirror). Brother and sister, Ted and Rose Howker, grew up in Mount of Zeal, a mining village blackened by coal. They know nothing of the outside world, though both of them yearn for escape. For Rose this comes in the form of love, while Ted seizes the chance of a job away from the pit. But neither can truly break free and their decisions bring with them brutal consequences..."Gripping all the way to its unexpected end". (Spectator).