Born Under Punches

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Publication Year:
2011

ISBN-13: 9781453237564

<DIV><b>A mining strike wreaks havoc in a small British coal town</b></div><BR><DIV>Today Coldwell is desolate, a crumbling town whose streets are lined with empty shops and populated by ghosts. Two decades ago, the city thrived on the back of a coal industry so powerful that in 1984, the union staged a strike intended to bring Britain to its knees. Instead the government broke the strike&mdash;breaking Coldwell along with it.</div><DIV>&#160;</div><DIV>The effect is seen in five citizens of the town: a heroic footballer, a Dean Martin&ndash;obsessed thug, an increasingly desperate striking miner, a crusading journalist, and the reporter&rsquo;s troubled sister. As the story shifts between 1984 and 2001, it becomes clear that what was a political action in the mid-1980s caused permanent changes in the foundation of British life. The bodies buried in 1984 will not stay underground forever.</div>