A Silver Lining

In chapel going Pontypridd in 1938, tongues wag when Alma Moore, is abandoned by her lover, and rushed to hospital with stomach pains. And when Bethan John, returns to her mining family's house with her baby but without her doctor husband, she, like Alma faces ostracism. Only, taciturn Russian Charlie, an outsider haunted by his own past, reaches out the hand of friendship to them, and in so doing begins to thaw his own heart... A powerful tale of survival and hardship and the terrific...
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In chapel going Pontypridd in 1938, tongues wag when Alma Moore, is abandoned by her lover, and rushed to hospital with stomach pains. And when Bethan John, returns to her mining family's house with her baby but without her doctor husband, she, like Alma faces ostracism. Only, taciturn Russian Charlie, an outsider haunted by his own past, reaches out the hand of friendship to them, and in so doing begins to thaw his own heart... A powerful tale of survival and hardship and the terrific third novel in Catrin Collier's bestselling Hearts of Gold series.