Chrissie's Children (U)

'Cookson fans will lap up this enthralling turn-of-the-century saga.' - HARTLEPOOL MAIL on Mary's Child Chrissie's Children is a story of joy and courage in the face of adversity which evokes the turmoil of the North-East in the Thirties. Chrissie has worked her way up from the backstreets to own The Railway Hotel and to give her children the opportunities she never had. But in the summer of 1923, her husband's shipyard is staring ruin in the face. Closure would mean poverty and near starvation for the hundreds of workers. Chrissie determines to hold her family together, come what may. But, in spite of her efforts, the winds of war will tear them all apart, and threaten to destroy everything Chrissie holds dear...