This is a memoir of a Yorkshire miner's daughter as told by her eldest child. It begins in 1944, when Mary is a child, and charts the pivotal moments in her life. The book is a celebration of Mary's extraordinary attributes; she is a down-to-earth, working-class girl who spends her life caring for others. Her love has no limits and her strength and determination enables her to overcome her many challenges; she copes with poverty, loss and her husband's addiction as well as her own disability. It is told with humour and a spattering of Mary's local dialect, and is a true reflection of the society in which she lived.
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