Publisher's Synopsis
Born in the autumn years of Queen Victoria's reign, two brothers have to face the frustrations of saving a failing family business, or else plough their own furrows. David is an apprentice joiner at a local undertaker's and ends up teaching at a boy's penitentiary, but Isaac's decision is made for him when their mother disinherits him for marrying outside of his class. Neither will go home with his tail between his legs or cap in hand; both will however make good. Good enough for David to become the grandfather of Margaret Martin. She has turned his story into a novel that follows his hopes and heartbreaks, his hardships and heydeys on a switchback of eye-openers and experiences through two world wars and three generations.
