Heart of Coal

Second-Hand

Excellent condition

Eighteen years have passed since the child Rose arrived on Denniston, riding up the terrifying Incline on a stormy night.

She has now grown into a young woman, intelligent and talented, with an outrageous zest for life. The trauma of her early years seems forgotten, though some recognise its shadow in her often-unconventional behaviour.

Rose is expected to marry her childhood friend the golden Michael Hanratty, but when dark and stubborn Brennan Scobie arrives back on the Hill after a seven-year absence, a challenge is inevitable. The opposition of Brennan's ambitious mother adds to the tension.

This sequel to the best-selling The Denniston Rose continues to follow the fortunes of the remote West Coast coal-mining settlement.

At the turn of the century Denniston is still isolated, but all that is about to change. New challenges will confront both Rose and this close-knit society. Staying or leaving will become an option.

HEART OF COAL is about loss and love, hope and despair. It is a story of convention and the lack of it and of the uncompromising spirit of a unique woman.