Deborah Challinor - Union Belle
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Used Good plus, light creasing to cover/spine, edge wear, kink in cover top edge (see photo)
Paperback (med)
Dimensions: 128 x 198 x 22mm
Publication Date: 2017 reprint
When the first effects of the 1951 waterfront workers’ strike ripple through the country, Ellen McCabe – wife, mother, union supporter – is happy with her life in Pukemiro, a small Waikato coal-mining town. Even when her husband’s union lays down their tools in support and the strain of making ends meet begins to wear her down, she’s ready to play her part in the lean months ahead.
But when Jack Vaughan comes to town, something inside her shifts. Jack is handsome, a charismatic war veteran – and a friend of her husband’s. Suddenly everything changes, with irrevocable consequences, as the turmoil and divided loyalties swirling through the town threaten to tear her apart.
Union Belle is a story of love, duty and passion played out against the backdrop of the infamous strike that turned friends into enemies, shattered communities and almost brought New Zealand to its knees.
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