Dimensions
111 x 32 x 179mm
The tempestuous saga of the Thornton family.
In the bright lights and desert air of Las Vegas, a new branch of the Coleman family is springing up . . .
1923 - Sallie Coleman is nineteen years old, a singer and part-time whore, when her lover Cotton Easter leaves her his secret fortune - a house, half the desert and wealth beyond imagination. Suddenly Sallie is a long way from the poverty of her Texas birthplace, but she vows never to forget it or her oldest brother, Seth Coleman, who abandoned the family to their misery before she was born.
Determined to become an educated lady, Sallie hires a teacher, Philip Thornton. She thinks she loves him when they marry, but she realises swiftly how wrong she was. As Sallie Coleman, she had guts. But Sallie Coleman Thornton needs to be more than gutsy. She has to be strong enough to bring up her sons and take the hurt they inflict on her. Strong enough to recognise love when it comes to her, and to guide her children and grandchildren through the pain of a family divided.
