Ruth Kettlewell

A young man with artistic talent lives in a close-knit coal-mining town and finds himself inhibited by his emotionally manipulative mother.

A gung-ho ex-military man pursues a secret life of crime, culminating in the kidnapping of a teenage heiress.

A wedding. Happy and promising. A young couple, new to the ways of life. The joys of parenthood: A dream comes true. Then the first incident in a long, spiraling chain of events, and down they go. No job, no money. Moving from hou...