feathers in the fire Author:catherine cookson Davie's Granda had a sayinf'Feathers in the Fire that's all we are lad,feathers in the fire'. He never explained why the burning of the feathers was so painful.Set in a tenant farm in the nineteen hundreds England this is a story of love,crulty,passion and tragedy. Very different but couldn't put it down.........
One of Cookson's best - this book makes you think about family dynamics. The boy Amos is disfigured and treated badly from the beginning. No wonder he acts out...