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THE GIRL FROM PENVARRIS
RUGGED AND HONEST AS THE LAND THAT BORE HER. . . Born into a large family in a Cornish tin-mining village at the turn of the century, young Katie Warren is forced to abandon her dreams of working as a pupil-teacher when her mother dies in child-birth. Instead she goes into service at the big house with her sister Fanny. Katie is soon content with her work and against her will finds herself growing fond of the shy but kind son of the house, George Trevarnon. However, thanks to George's unscrupulous but attractive brother Robert, the girls are dismissed and Katie is obliged to struggle for a living in the alien city of Truro, while a disillusioned George enlists to bury his emotions in the dangers and devastations of the Boer War. . . When the two meet again after much tribulation and heartbreak, each is married to another; but the webs of fate weave their lives inextricably together through joy, tragedy and torment, until they are at last able to unite - in the deceptive peace of an Edwardian summer. Melding fascinating tin-mining lore with the self-indulgent lives of the aristocracy in a world teetering between war and unemployment, The Girl from Penvarris delivers a rich blend of romance and realism that will tug the heartstrings. habitants.