Water gypsies

Description:

It is 1942, and after a tough childhood in Birmingham, Maryann Bartholomew has built a happy life with her husband and children working the canals on a narrowboat. But hard work and constant child bearing take their toll, and the death of a friend and another pregnancy lead her to a desperate act.

subjects: Fiction, general,  England, fiction,  Social conditions,  Canals,  Boat living,  Fiction