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A New Home in the Dales: A heartwarming, captivating rural saga set in World War 2

Publisher: Canelo
ISBN: 9781804361900
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Author Betty Firth
Pub Date 02/03/2023
Binding Paperback / softback
Pages 352
Country United Kingdom
Dewey 823.92
GBPPrice 8.99
Availability Available
€10.58
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To follow her dream, she's gone from city to village - but can she ever fit in? October 1940. Bobby Bancroft is working as a typist for a city newspaper, but she longs to be breaking the news herself. She is thrilled to secure a junior reporter role at The Tyke, a magazine serving the Yorkshire Dales. However, when Bobby moves to Silverdale, she discovers rural life is a different world. The close-knit villagers and cantankerous local animals prove difficult to win over, while mischievous vet Charlie seems determined to lead her astray. As Bobby struggles to find her place amongst the dalesfolk, she wonders if she's made a huge mistake. Will the city girl ever make a home of the beautiful but hostile countryside of the Dales? An uplifting, lively World War Two rural saga that fans of Annie Murray, Rosie Hendry, Gervase Phinn and James Herriot will love. Readers are loving the first book in this captivating rural saga series: What a brilliant book...Family saga at its best.' Reader Review 'LOVED IT!!!...My heart ached when reading this... A lovely story, full of heart and home. I didn't want it to end...' Reader Review 'Read in 24 hours! Exceptional!...The storyline was strong and the characters were all likeable and relatable... There were lots of twists and turns that kept me wanting to read more.' Reader Review 'I absolutely loved this book! The life and times of a wartime Yorkshire village and its people shine through, authentic, realistic and charming, and Bobby is a highly likeable heroine with ambition and heart... I am so pleased to see that there are going to be more books to come in this series. Can't wait!' Reader Review 'A great World War 2 era historical fiction saga that is the start of a promising new series: Made in Yorkshire... This is one of the best books I have read in a very, very long time.' Reader Review
To follow her dream, she's gone from city to village - but can she ever fit in? October 1940. Bobby Bancroft is working as a typist for a city newspaper, but she longs to be breaking the news herself. She is thrilled to secure a junior reporter role at The Tyke, a magazine serving the Yorkshire Dales. However, when Bobby moves to Silverdale, she discovers rural life is a different world. The close-knit villagers and cantankerous local animals prove difficult to win over, while mischievous vet Charlie seems determined to lead her astray. As Bobby struggles to find her place amongst the dalesfolk, she wonders if she's made a huge mistake. Will the city girl ever make a home of the beautiful but hostile countryside of the Dales? An uplifting, lively World War Two rural saga that fans of Annie Murray, Rosie Hendry, Gervase Phinn and James Herriot will love. Readers are loving the first book in this captivating rural saga series: What a brilliant book...Family saga at its best.' Reader Review 'LOVED IT!!!...My heart ached when reading this... A lovely story, full of heart and home. I didn't want it to end...' Reader Review 'Read in 24 hours! Exceptional!...The storyline was strong and the characters were all likeable and relatable... There were lots of twists and turns that kept me wanting to read more.' Reader Review 'I absolutely loved this book! The life and times of a wartime Yorkshire village and its people shine through, authentic, realistic and charming, and Bobby is a highly likeable heroine with ambition and heart... I am so pleased to see that there are going to be more books to come in this series. Can't wait!' Reader Review 'A great World War 2 era historical fiction saga that is the start of a promising new series: Made in Yorkshire... This is one of the best books I have read in a very, very long time.' Reader Review
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