Tiger Bay Blues [Mass Market Paperback]

Catrin Collier (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2007

Pontypridd 1930. At 18 Edyth is the plain, intelligent one of Harry and Sali Evans's five daughters, until a chance meeting with handsome curate Peter Slater throws her life into turmoil. Head over heels in love, she sacrifices her own ambitions of a college education and career, and defies her parents' opposition so she can help Peter realize his dream of running his own parish. The church sends Peter to Butetown, a dockland area of Cardiff, commonly known as Tiger Bay. There Edyth and Peter encounter rich cultures from all corners of the world, cultures that flourish despite desperate poverty and depression. It is a society where creed, language, and the color of a family's skin doesn't matter—as long as the borders that separate Tiger Bay from the city aren't crossed. Then Edyth discovers exactly why her parents were so opposed to her marriage—Peter has a dark secret that has not only blighted his life but also hers. It is a secret that threatens to destroy her love and their marriage.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A saga writer on top form." PETERBOROUGH EVENING TELEGRAPH "A pacy novel." WARWICKSHIRE EVENING TELEGRAPH, 13 May --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Catrin Collier was born and brought up in Pontypridd. She worked in Europe and America before returning to her native Wales. She now lives on the Gower Peninsula near Swansea, with her family.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 496 pages
• Publisher: Orion Publishing; paperback / softback edition (March 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0752881221
• ISBN-13: 978-1407219608
• Product Dimensions: 4.4 x 1.1 x 7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,308,731 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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.