Cool Water
Jack Gale

A novel, based on real places, real people and real life events, set in two parts. (Jack 1: Jack 2)

Synopsis
Jack 1.
Describes the lifestyle of four Yorkshire teenage miners in the mid1950s, of their sexual frustrations, struggles and successes, as they grow into maturity. How the mother of one of them has a very serious problem, and the fours reaction to it, culminating in a murder.
A mining disaster entombs the main character, Jack. He is rescued but vows never to go down a coal mine again.

Jack 2.
After Jack's long absence in the Army, a reunion now finds the four of them in middle age. One has a teenage daughter who dies in a very mysterious circumstance. The four friends set about righting a terrible wrong.