Secrets in the Dales
A Heartfelt Novel about Family, Love and Loyalty in the Second World War
$63.12
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
15 July 2025
Summary
Dentdale, Yorkshire
In the sleepy Yorkshire Dales, the peaceful existence of Sally’s family is shattered by the outbreak of the Second World War. With her father navigating the challenges of wartime farming, and her mother striving to keep the home fires burning, young Sally is determined to do her bit.
The war brings unexpected challenges, but none so disarming as Luca - an Italian POW who introduces Sally to a love that threatens to unravel everything she holds dear.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781035050253 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1035050250 |
| Author: | Diane Allen |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Macmillan |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2025 |
| Weight: | 482g |
| Dimensions: | 27mm x 163mm x 243mm |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
A warm-hearted and compassionate tale, evoking the long and tough working hours of farming life, but Allen also brings us romance, the shining light of shared adversity and proof of the enduring power of love and family to transform even the darkest days * Lancashire Post *
Diane Allen
Diane Allen was born in Leeds, but raised on her family’s farm, deep in the Yorkshire Dales. After working as a glass engraver, raising a family and looking after her ill father, she found her true niche in life, joining a large-print publishing firm in 1990. She now concentrates on her writing full time, and is Honorary Vice President of the Romantic Novelists’ Association. Diane’s novels include A Precious Daughter, The Girl from the Tanner’s Yard and The Miner’s Wife. Diane and her husband Ronnie live in the Dales market town of Settle, and have two children and four beautiful grandchildren.
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