This sweeping family saga charts the loves and losses, happiness and heartaches of a family born to hardship in a Yorkshire mining town in the 1950's.
Sisters Muriel and Mavis marry into very different situations. Muriel weds hardworking, humble Seth Bretton and raises their family through struggle. Life is tough, but she has the comfort of a home made with love. Ambitious Mavis marries wealthy Arthur Carey and ostentatiously flaunts her status. But Arthur is ruthless and Mavis suffers at his hands.
After their world's fall apart, Muriel's when she loses her second baby Rosa and Mavis after Arthur's corruption and cheating catch up with him - will either find a way back to happiness?
After making her decision to leave, Peggy makes a new life with Godfrey while Dora is forced to face the music when her newborn arrives with a shock of red hair.
Bessie becomes Bettina once again and is building a business empire in hospitality, but there's a shock waiting for her.
Now that Arthur seems to be out of the way, Mavis can start afresh with her life and mend some of the relationships broken by her husband's brutal ways. But will the peace last?
Thank you message from the author and reminder to confirm the email they will received
Thank you for signing up! Please remember to confirm you email and I'll be in touch soon!
Thank you message from the author and reminder to confirm the email they will received
About Esther Bean
Esther Bean was born in rural Yorkshire and lived there as a middle child, with her parents and two sisters. She worked for the local newspaper and enjoyed discovering new and interesting stories.
Esther moved to the east coast in the early 2000s with her four children and has lived there ever since. She grew her own business and has been penning material in many genres and for many publications for over 20 years.
Most of her time now, is spent writing and enjoying her children and grandchildren. She also has a black and white Ragdoll cat who enjoys helping her to write, by walking all over her laptop, mostly at inopportune moments!
Button Box Blues is a saga that's been in Esther's mind for many years, a fictional account of a family who experience the kind of hardships and joys that so many family's do - and one that will resonate with many.
