The Children of Black Water Valley Books in Order

In a Welsh mining valley in 1878, nine children grow up amid poverty, dangerous work, and close community ties. Their hopes of escape and struggles to endure reveal the pressures borne by families dependent on coal.

In 1879, young people from a Welsh mining valley follow divergent paths, some overseas and others beneath the mountain. Letters and private encounters expose painful secrets as family bonds stretch across distance and changing circumstances.

In a Welsh mining valley, grieving families face the consequences of loss long after the funerals end. Searches for justice, difficult homecomings and attempts to rebuild relationships force the community to decide what its future should become.