AmeriCymru spoke recently to Philippa Davies about her new book 'The Gritties'.
"The Gritties is a novel about the 1984/85 miners strike in South Wales, focussing on a group of women who run a soup kitchen.
It is about survival, sex, ambition and a fight to preserve community – even though the jobs involved are some of the most dangerous in the world.
It is about survival, sex, ambition and a fight to preserve community – even though the jobs involved are some of the most dangerous in the world.
Caught in the crossfire between Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and miners’ leader, Arthur Scargill, the volatile situation allowed careerist politicians and journalists to thrive, while idealists saw their lives destroyed."...more HERE
