Táto séria sa ponorí do života robotníckej triedy v prvých desaťročiach 20. storočia, kde sa napätie medzi prácou a osobným životom stáva pálčivým. Autorka s citom vykresľuje zložité vzťahy, boj o prežitie a nádej tvárou v tvár spoločenským otrasom. Príbehy sú silné, emotívne a plné historických detailov, ktoré čitateľa vtiahnu do doby plnej zmien. Je to rozprávanie o odolnosti ľudského ducha a hľadaní lásky v ťažkých časoch.
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.