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Kate Kilgour Trilogy #1
Colliers Row
In the quaint surroundings of Lanarkshire miners cottages, Kate Fleming holds her head high with her many children.
Seduced in her teens, and abandoned by Robin Balfour, the pit-owner’s son, she was left to bring up his child alone.
Kate realises how circumstances have now reversed however, when she meets the man she was destined to be with, and her son Jack has grown up to be the Captain of Clippers sailing to the East.
Kate sees how lucky she has been and recognises how far she has come since the day she was so coldy banished from Mr Balfour’s home.
Now Robin Balfour’s son, Lachie, falls hopelessly in love with one of Kate’s daughters, Isa, but her career driven nature results in him marrying the other instead.
As the children grow up and their lives unravel as the novel develops, no one can prepare the families for the wounds that occur...
With disease, death and the danger of the mines, Kate longs for her family to reunite.
Will the scars of the past be able to be forgotten in order for each of them to recover?
Jan Webster shows the importance of family and the strength of bonds through this touching novel, interweaving the lives of both families until the end.
Seduced in her teens, and abandoned by Robin Balfour, the pit-owner’s son, she was left to bring up his child alone.
Kate realises how circumstances have now reversed however, when she meets the man she was destined to be with, and her son Jack has grown up to be the Captain of Clippers sailing to the East.
Kate sees how lucky she has been and recognises how far she has come since the day she was so coldy banished from Mr Balfour’s home.
Now Robin Balfour’s son, Lachie, falls hopelessly in love with one of Kate’s daughters, Isa, but her career driven nature results in him marrying the other instead.
As the children grow up and their lives unravel as the novel develops, no one can prepare the families for the wounds that occur...
With disease, death and the danger of the mines, Kate longs for her family to reunite.
Will the scars of the past be able to be forgotten in order for each of them to recover?
Jan Webster shows the importance of family and the strength of bonds through this touching novel, interweaving the lives of both families until the end.
- GenresHistorical Fiction
251 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 1, 1977
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May 23, 2017
Taking place in Colliers row in the Lanarkshire miners cottages. The row is a wretched place full of depression and poverty. When there is poverty there is a sense of helplessness in the men and when that happens some of the men go about beating their wives and drinking away their pay. There is no broth to fill the bellies of their children and no shoes for their feet. Kate Fleming had her first child as a teen when she was seduced by the pit owners son who then abandoned her and left her to raise the child on her own. She now has many children since she has remarried and life is a daily struggle. The men from the row are frequently out of work from the pit but working in the pit is an underground hell. There are bits about Kate Flemings's children as they work to improve their situation in life. This is a fictional story but unfortunately there are many cases just like this that are oh so real.
Poverty sucks!
Pub Date 12 May 2017
Thank you to NetGalley and Endeavour Press for a review copy in exchange for my honest review.
Poverty sucks!
Pub Date 12 May 2017
Thank you to NetGalley and Endeavour Press for a review copy in exchange for my honest review.
February 4, 2020
Read this series many years ago. Decided to read it again and enjoyed it. The story is set around a mining community in Lanarkshire scotland and could have been my families story.
June 20, 2017
Middling
I loved the characterizations of the people and the descriptions of various places. There were a good many errors in punctuation and grammar that dimmed my enjoyment. All in all, a good read if you can get past it.
I loved the characterizations of the people and the descriptions of various places. There were a good many errors in punctuation and grammar that dimmed my enjoyment. All in all, a good read if you can get past it.
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