A century or so ago there lived at Heap Hollow Cottage, situated near Fellburn in County Durham, a man and a woman and their six children. By all appearances they were a close and loving family. Yet across the happy facade lay a shadow that had lengthened and darkened with the passing years. (GILLYVORS; IN COUNTRY PARLANCE MEANS BASTARDS) Catherine Cookson take you into what this meant for a family surrounded by the narrow, bigoted minds of Victorian rural communtities. Anna the eldest daughter, faces these challenges in her journey through life. 347+pp
