The Coal Mother

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The Coal Mother

The cough had taken them all. That was what Maryann called it—the Cough. It started in the mines and worked its way up, a dry, rattling sound that echoed through the Yorkshire valleys like wind through broken glass. First the fathers, then the mothers, then the older brothers and sisters who were tall enough to be mistaken for adults. Within three months, every person over the age of twelve in...

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