Sequel to Farewell Innocence, charting the trials of Ieuan Morgan at work and in family life. Once familiar only with the feel of books, foundry life has made his hands dark, knotted and fiercely strong. This is an honest portrait of an industrial town and a convincing character study of a young man's creative awakening amid challenges of domestic penury and hard graft.

Sequel to Farewell Innocence, charting the trials of Ieuan Morgan at work and in family life. Once familiar only with the feel of books, foundry life has made his hands dark, knotted and fiercely strong. This is an honest portrait of an industrial town and a convincing character study of a young man's creative awakening amid challenges of domestic penury and hard graft.