The Miner''s Wife
Hardback | English
By (author): Diane Allen
Set in the Yorkshire Dales during the 19th century, The Miner''s Wife by Diane Allen is a sweeping historical saga novel.
Nineteen-year-old Meg Oversby often dreams of a more exciting life than the dull existence she faces at her family''s farm deep in the Yorkshire Dales. Growing up, she''s always sensed her father''s disappointment at not having a son to help with the farm work.
So when Meg dances all night at the local market hall with Sam Alderson, a lead miner from Swaledale, a new light enters her life. Sam and his brother Jack show Meg a side to life she didn''t know existed. But when her parents find out, she''s forbidden from ever seeing them again.
Although where there is love, there is often a way. When Meg''s uncle offers her the chance of helping to run the small village shop, she leaps at the opportunity, seeing it as a way to escape the oppressive family farm and see more of her beloved Sam. But as love blossoms, a darker truth emerges and Meg realizes that Sam may not be the man she thought he was . . .