The Blind Brother

Two lads work in a mine, the older brother does the regular work of a teen but the younger brother is blind. He depends on his brother to lead him to a wooden door/gate where he spends the shift opening and closing as needed. At the end of the shift, they go home to their Mommy. Their father had been killed in the mines when they were younger, so she, too, has to work. The mine workers are at odds with those who run the mines and things are a bit tense, especially as there is always the risk of coming into difficulties with an Irish miner gang. One evening events conspire in such a way that Tom, the older brother witnesses something that could bring the whole family into danger ... or could mean their dearest wish might be put into action. I listened to an audio recording by Librivox. The reader did quite well with the book, apart from the attempts at the colloquial language. Still, it isn’t easy to read a dialect with all the missing letters and apostrophes unless you are sure of how it is spoken.

What a wonderful book! I really enjoyed the plot and the narration.

Very well written and very well narerated