The Mauricewood Devils

The Mauricewood Devils
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Publisher : Cargo Publishing
Total Pages : 227
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ISBN-10 : 9781910449677
ISBN-13 : 1910449679
Rating : 4/5 (679 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Mauricewood Devils by : Dorothy Alexander

Download or read book The Mauricewood Devils written by Dorothy Alexander and published by Cargo Publishing. This book was released on 2016-02-10 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by real events The year is 1889. When a fire tears through the Mauricewood coal pit there is no escape. Of sixty-five men working, only two survive. Many of the bodies will not be recovered for months. Martha and her sister have lived with their granny since their mother died, but she is not kind. The death of their father in the Disaster means an end to any chance of a better life. For Martha’s stepmother, Jess, the wait for a body to bury, and the struggle to deal with a loss that is both collective and private, is agonizing. With many of the miners families left destitute, the women of Mauricewood undertake a campaign for compensation and justice against the criminally negligent pit owners. Martha and Jess’s stories lie at the heart of this elegy to the closeknit communities of the pit villages in a gripping tribute to resilience and courage in the face of utter catastrophe, based on true events, original source material and Alexander’s own family history. Praise for The Mauricewood Devils: 'A beautifully written book, affecting and eligiac, by a novelist who is also a poet. It is at once desperately sad and painful, uplifting and life-affirming. What saves the lives of the characters, as much as mere physical sustenance, is telling stories, both those they tell themselves consciously and those that visit them unbidden. And the book itself is a testament to the power of storytelling. It takes a long gone, largely forgotten historical event and brings it to life again.' Allison Miller, author of Demo


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