Jac

by Sam Adams

Set in Gilfach Goch, a coal mining valley in south Wales, during the Second World War, this is a novel about first friendships among boys from the perspective of the youngest and smallest, Jac. Describing the escapades that this group of boys get up to – the mischief and the places that they explore, mostly on or over the mountains that rise above the three working collieries, the tips of waste and the terraces either side of the coal-dust laden stream – it paints a picture of growing up during the fraught and challenging times of the wartime years.

176 pages, Paperback

Published January 18, 2024

About the author

Sam Adams (b. 1934) is a Welsh poet and novelist. He is a former editor of Poetry Wales and a former chairman of the English-language section of Yr Academi Gymreig.

Reviews

[molly🎀🤍✨ · Rating 4 out of 5]

really heartwarming to see such an accurate but mundane description of family life in the valleys. sobbed in happy and sad ways;))) lots of emotion and presents a really relatable way of life for many. I love seeing authentic presentation of wales- particularly around my area of the south

[Lisa of Hopewell]

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