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I thought this book would work for the Reading Wales hosted by Book Jotter. Sadly, Karen at Booker Talk however, pointed out that though born to Welsh parents, Richard Llewellyn is not considered a Welsh author and that he lied about being born in Wales! Not good. Happily, her blog includes another great list of true Welsh authors. And hard to take when the story was so beautifully told. I’m trying not to let that sordid news kill my joy in the story. (This controversy ties in nicely ...more
I thought this book would work for the Reading Wales hosted by Book Jotter. Sadly, Karen at Booker Talk however, pointed out that though born to Welsh parents, Richard Llewellyn is not considered a Welsh author and that he lied about being born in Wales! Not good. Happily, her blog includes another great list of true Welsh authors. And hard to take when the story was so beautifully told. I’m trying not to let that sordid news kill my joy in the story. (This controversy ties in nicely ...more
This classic is an interesting look at an ordinary Welsh mining family in the 1800's. The family's father and the sons work in the mines, and although some of the sons want to form and join a union to make improvements, their lives are still hard and poverty-stricken. However, despite their hardscrabble existence, the joy of life shines through the village and most of the people are supportive of each other and of their lives and traditions. As a former language teacher, something that I found f
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