Colliers Row

Kate Kilgour Trilogy #1

by Jan Webster

The Lanarkshire coalfields during the second half of the nineteenth century provide the setting for this saga of family life among the Scottish working classes

Genres: Historical Fiction

276 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1977

Reviews

[Deanne Patterson · Rating 3 out of 5]

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.

[Lesley Russell · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[Lori · Rating 3 out of 5]

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.