A Year of Winter — Denise Robertson

As newly widowed Fran struggles to rebuild her life in a mining village where she is still a stranger, the fury of the 1984-5 miners' strike erupts around her. Passions run high as families are torn apart by their beliefs. Will Treesa, bereaved by death in the pit, survive? Will the Malone family rift ever be mended? Above all, can Fran find new love amid so much turmoil?