The Cinder Path - Catherine Cookson

The cinder path which led from the Northumberland farmhouse would always symbolise defeat for Charlie MacFell. People saw him as a born loser, a nice chap who always got the thick end of the stick. At the root of the matter were boyhood humiliations by his brutal father – but was that all there was to Charlie MacFell? Then an opportunity emerged for Charlie to display his inner strengths and integrity, and to give lie to those who had thought him to be of no account…