The Grays Of Coal Hollow: A Novel of Family, Labor, and the Coal Country That Shaped Them
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 17 2025
Pages: 126
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.27 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Grays of Coal Hollow
A Novel of Coal, Courage, and Generations
In 1921, Thomas and Martha Gray leave the soot-stained skies of northern England behind, seeking promise in the coal mines of southwestern Pennsylvania. But Coal Hollow offers no easy refuge-only company scrip, black lung, and the unspoken cost of survival.
As the years pass, the Gray family becomes a quiet cornerstone of a fading company town. From union uprisings and buried grief to artistic resistance and whispered truths, each generation leaves its mark. Through Elsie's sketches, James's defiance, Mae's recordings, and Ellie's rediscovery, the Grays carry a story forged in silence and flame.
Spanning a century of labor, love, and loss, The Grays of Coal Hollow is a powerful tapestry of one family's endurance across time-and a moving tribute to the voices that refuse to be forgotten.
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