Set in the Yorkshire Dales during the 19th century, The Miner's Wife by Diane Allen is a sweeping historical saga novel.
Nineteen-year-old Meg Oversby often dreams of a more exciting life than the dull existence she faces at her family’s farm deep in the Yorkshire Dales. Growing up, she’s always sensed her father’s disappointment at not having a son to help with the farm work.
So when Meg dances all night at the local market hall with Sam Alderson, a lead miner from Swaledale, a new light enters her life. Sam and his brother Jack show Meg a side to life she didn’t know existed. But when her parents find out, she’s forbidden from ever seeing them again.
Although where there is love, there is often a way. When Meg’s uncle offers her the chance of helping to run the small village shop, she leaps at the opportunity, seeing it as a way to escape the oppressive family farm and see more of her beloved Sam. But as love blossoms, a darker truth emerges and Meg realizes that Sam may not be the man she thought he was . . .
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9781509895205
Number of pages: 368
Weight: 610 g
Dimensions: 240 x 162 x 37 mm
If you are a lover of historical sagas and the sweep of the northern hills and their romance, then this novel is definitely for you - Historical Novel Society
An enthralling tale packed with emotion, drama and the harsh realities of life in nineteenth-century northern England - Lancashire Post
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