Shifting horizons

Shifting Horizons is a testament to the part that women played in the miners' strike. It is a book about two women in particular, Doreen and Pauline, neighbours in a small Nottinghamshire pit village and wives of striking miners. Both women were born and grew up in mining communities and during the strike they fought not just for their future but to preserve their history as well. But as they were to find out, the history which they began trying to preserve had not prepared them for the struggle which was pressed upon them. Throughout the strike and this book they searched for a new awareness and sense of identity; they found new roles as organisers and activists.Shifting Horizons charts a political journey of two working class women through twelve months of Thatcher's Britain, two women who fought amongst thousands more for the survival of their communities and their dignity. Shifting Horizons is a story of courage and fortitude, of resilience and learning. A story at times touching and filled with raw humour, at other times chilling and painful. It is the story of everywoman in struggle.