The Pitman’s Daughter

Rita Hawkins fought all her life to escape Crag Street, the humble row of colliery houses where gossip reigned, tuberculosis killed, and mining families slaved to make ends meet, but years later, when Crag Street is torn down and rebuilt in a museum, she receives an invitation to attend the Grand Opening.
Returning to Northern England, she’s forced to face painful memories about the people she left behind in her drive to become a successful businesswoman: George, the last surviving son of a poor mining family forced against his wishes to start work as a miner, Maggie, abused mother of seven children, and Ella, the street gossip with her nose in everyone’s business.
The Pitman’s Daughter spans five decades in its vivid portrayal of life in a Durham colliery village. Filled with unforgettable characters, it is a tale of love and loss, joy and tragedy that shows no matter how hard we try, we can’t escape our past, since it shapes us into the person we become.