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A richly evocative saga set between the warsAs the daughter of a narrowboat man, Beth Dawson has grown up on the network of canals that criss-cross England from Bristol to Birmingham. In the years following the First World War, the jobs of the boatmen are threatened by the expansion of the roads and the railways. Discontent is simmering, and the workers' union, led by Anthony Wesley, is stirring up trouble.Like Beth, Abigail Gatehouse is determined to be a part of the drama that is unfolding. But Abigail is the daughter of the carrying company's owner, and from a very different background. The two young women, both enamoured of glamorous Anthony Wesley, are soon caught up in events that are fast spiralling out of control?Johnson, Jeannie is the author of 'Where the Wild Thyme Blows', published 2008 under ISBN 9780727876843 and ISBN 0727876848.
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