Searching for Family: a memoir

Spanning seven decades from 1916 this book begins in a small coal mining town in Yorkshire and follows the life of one particular mining family. It tells of the strong love that bonds them together despite the hardships of working down the mines.

The story follows the life of one member of that family caught up by a personal disaster as well as the effects of World War II.

We share the heartbreak of a father forced to give up his daughter to adoption. While their lives continue along different paths, each trying to make a new life, both of them continue to be haunted by thoughts of the other.

Eventually we see how the years of mass emigration from war torn England can change the lives of so many people, as they are separated by continents.

Finally comes the opportunity for them to be reunited, but is it too late?

This is an emotional and heart-warming family story which portrays life as it was in the difficult war years and the changes that those who chose a new land had to overcome to build a new life.