About This Book
As a prickle of uneasiness spread along her spine, the slim blonde girl driving homeward added pressure to the accelerator of her sleek convertible. She had been away only a few weeks, but now she was homesick, and there had come that feeling that all was not well in Forthill, or in the family mansion overlooking the town.
Faith Sinclair's premonition was right--Gareth Sinclair, her father, to whom the motherless girl had always been so devoted, had had a heart attack. A mild one, Faith was told, but when she saw her father, now so tired, so thin, her heart lurched. And then came the second blow: the workers at the Sinclair mills had called a strike! With a shiver Faith remembered the last strike at the mills, Forthill's major industry--and the violence. Looking at her father, she knew that this new labor strike would kill him.
It is then that the golden wall that had always separated Faith from harsh reality began to disintegrate. Bruce, her brother, although a director of the mills, has turned against the proud, imperious Gareth, siding with the workers in their demands for a better living. And Faith soon learned that her fiance, Roger Warner, and his father, a trusted friend of Gareth Sinclair's, were capable of treachery against the industry that had padded their wallets for years.
But most of all it is the patience and understanding of Matt Ferguson, ambitious young editor of the Patriot, that affects Faith. His outspoken editorials, condemning Sinclair policies enrage her...but he can reach her in other ways that no other man ever could.
Faith Sinclair's premonition was right--Gareth Sinclair, her father, to whom the motherless girl had always been so devoted, had had a heart attack. A mild one, Faith was told, but when she saw her father, now so tired, so thin, her heart lurched. And then came the second blow: the workers at the Sinclair mills had called a strike! With a shiver Faith remembered the last strike at the mills, Forthill's major industry--and the violence. Looking at her father, she knew that this new labor strike would kill him.
It is then that the golden wall that had always separated Faith from harsh reality began to disintegrate. Bruce, her brother, although a director of the mills, has turned against the proud, imperious Gareth, siding with the workers in their demands for a better living. And Faith soon learned that her fiance, Roger Warner, and his father, a trusted friend of Gareth Sinclair's, were capable of treachery against the industry that had padded their wallets for years.
But most of all it is the patience and understanding of Matt Ferguson, ambitious young editor of the Patriot, that affects Faith. His outspoken editorials, condemning Sinclair policies enrage her...but he can reach her in other ways that no other man ever could.