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"Tells the story of Margaret MacNeil, founder of a museum dedicated to family members who have been killed working in the coal mines in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia."@en
"Margaret MacNeil has already lost her father and a brother to the mines and wants nothing further to do with them. But when the mines are the only alternative and when tragedy finally strikes, she finds a way to preserve her memories forever. Set in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia."
"Set in the small coal mining town of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Helena Bonham Carter is a woman who swears she'll never marry a miner because her father and brother were killed in the mines. She eventually falls in love with a former miner. When tragedy finally strikes, Margaret surprises the town with a strange act of defiance."
"Margaret MacNeil likes being an outcast, swearing like a man, shocking people, making it clear she isn't about to become a coal-miner's wife. When tragedy finally strikes, Margaret surprises the town with a strange act of defiance."
"Margaret MacNeil likes being an outcast, swearing like a man, shocking people, making it clear she isn't about to become a coal-miner's wife. Margaret falls in love with Neil Currie, who promises to stay out of the mines, but when he loses his job, the mines are the only alternative. When tragedy finally strikes, Margaret surprises the town with a strange act of defiance."
"Margaret MacNeil has already lost her father and a brother to the mines and wants nothing further to do with them. But when the mines are the only alternative and when tragedy finally strikes, she finds a way to preserve her memories forever."@en
"The story of Margaret MacNeil, who has lost her father and a brother to the coal mines of Glace Bay. Her husband promises to stay out of the mines, but when he loses his job the mines offer the only alternative for earning a living."@en
"Fiction. Drame social. A la fin des années 40, dans le village minier de Glace Bay au Cap Breton, l'impétueuse Margaret MacNeil tombe amoureuse de l'excentrique Neil Currie. Ayant obtenu de lui qu'il ne travaille jamais dans la mine où ont péri son père et son grand frère, la jeune femme accepte de l'épouser. Mais les temps sont durs et Neil doit renier sa promesse, au grand dam de Margaret. [(c) OCS].Avec Helena Bonham Carter, Kate Nelligan, Clive Russell."
""Margaret MacNeil has already lost her father and brother to the mines and wants nothing further to do with them. But when the mines are the only alternative and tragedy strikes, she finds a way to preserve her memories forever""
"Margaret MacNeil is determined not to be a coalminer's wife after losing both father and brother to the mines. She falls in love with Neil Currie: they are a happy couple until he loses his job and is forced to join the mines. When tragedy strikes, she surprises the town with a strange act of defiance. - blurb."@en
"A critically-acclaimed story of one woman's struggle to protect her family and friends from the ravages of the coal-mining industry in a 1940's Nova Scotia town of Scot-Irish immigrants. Touching and memorable."@en
"A critically-acclaimed story of one woman's struggle to protect her family and friends from the ravages of the coal-mining industry in a 1940's Nova Scotia town of Scot-Irish immigrants. Touching and memorable."
"Margaret MacNeil has already lost her father and brother to the mines and wants nothing further to do with them. But when the mines are the only alternative and tragedy strikes, she finds a way to preserve her memories forever."@en
"Glace Bay est un petit village minier sur l'île Cape Breton au Canada. Ses habitants, descendants d'écossais, d'irlandais et de français ont toujours vécu de l'agriculture, de la pêche et surtout de la mine. Margaret a perdu son père et son frère aîné dans un accident de la mine. Elle vit avec sa mère et son gran-père qu'une maladie pulmonaire a rendu handicapé et dont elle prend grand soin."
"Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island has three kinds of people: coal miners, wives and children. This isolated community is home to a rugged breed of Scottish descendants who pass on a unique legacy of mining, music and language. In the midst of a trying life Margaret meets Neil, a man who refuses to follow in the dispirited footsteps of his countrymen. They begin an extraordinary relationship that comes to a shocking conclusion."@en