Questa serie si addentra nelle vite della classe operaia durante i primi decenni del XX secolo, dove la tensione tra lavoro e vita personale diventa palpabile. L'autrice ritrae con sensibilità relazioni complesse, la lotta per la sopravvivenza e la speranza di fronte ai sconvolgimenti sociali. Le storie sono potenti, emotive e ricche di dettagli storici, immergendo i lettori in un'epoca di profondi cambiamenti. È una narrazione sulla resilienza dello spirito umano e sulla ricerca dell'amore in mezzo alle avversità.
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.