Riches of the Earth — Robertson

When, in 1895, the Laydon Joneses move into Selby Street, they are just another Welsh family come to work the mines of County Durham. But Caradoc Laydon Jones is a force to be reckoned with whether it be down the pit, at the chapel or in his own home, where he rules with an iron fist. His daughter Susanah has inherited his strength but will not, she is determined, take on his bitterness. As the country enters the nightmare of the First World War, Susanah, prompted by her warm-hearted Aunt Bel, begins to realise that life must be seized and lived - and that she, as much as those she loves, has a right to all the riches the earth has to offer.