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Two families have been joined by marriage and must learn to get along. They have moved to an isolated house in the north of England while the archeologist mother is engaged in the excavation of a Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall. Some feuding locals add to the strained atmosphere.
First publish date: 1980
Genre: Family & Domestic Fiction/Parenthood & Family Fiction
Authors: Nancy Bond
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