Hearts of Gold: Complete & Unabridged [Audiobook] [Audio Cassette]

Catrin Collier (Author), Christine Pollon (Reader)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1998

Living in the Graig, in the shadow of the workhouse during the Depression, Bethan Powell has never mixed with those who live in the big houses on Pontypridd Common until one day, at the hospital where she is a trainee midwife, she meets Andrew John, a young doctor raised on London ways. Their love will have to overcome formidable prejudice, but slowly passion triumphs. Until a sinister discovery forces Bethan to choose between the pull of her heart and a deeper sense of duty to her family and home…

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Living in the Graig, in the shadow of the workhouse during the Depression, Bethan Powell has never mixed with those who live in the big houses on Pontypridd Common until one day, at the hospital where she is a trainee midwife, she meets Andrew John, a young doctor raised on London ways. Their love will have to overcome formidable prejudice, but slowly passion triumphs. Until a sinister discovery forces Bethan to choose between the pull of her heart and a deeper sense of duty to her family and home… --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Catrin Collier was born and brought up in Pontypridd. She lived for a while in Europe and America before returning to her native Wales. She now lives near Swansea with her family. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Chivers Audio Books (September 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 075400208X
• ISBN-13: 978-0754002086
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

More About the Author

CATRIN COLLIER/KATHERINE JOHN/CARO FRENCH/KATHERINE HARDY -
My most bemused moment. When someone commented, "It will be wonderful for Pontypridd when you die." (Many of my novels are set in the town)
My best "putting in place moment". When someone joined a queue at a signing session in Waterstones and waited ten minutes to say, "I don't want a book, love, but as you're here for two hours, look after my shopping for me." - I did.
My proudest moment, when I discovered my Catrin Collier novel, One Last Summer, based on my Prussian born mother's wartime diaries was named recommended reading for adults by the Holocaust Day Memorial Trust.
My new novel, Bobby's Girl, set in America during in 1968 - the era of the anti-Vietnam War and, Civil Rights movements and student protests will be published in the autumn of 2011.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hearts of Gold, April 15, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Hearts of Gold (Pontypridd) (Paperback)

A colourful story set in Pontypridd during the Depression. Characters are realistic and individual. Having spent several years in Ponty in the mid 1980's I recognised the names of places - the park, the Common and the pubs!! So much of it is still there.

Accurate location descriptions makes the book all the more believeable. Highly recommended!