A Wartime Secret, Helen Yendall
A Wartime Secret, Helen Yendall
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A Wartime Secret

Author: Helen Yendall

Narrator: Kitty Kelly

Unabridged: 9 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HQ Digital

Published: 03/17/2022

Synopsis

England, 1940. Can Maggie keep her family – and her secret – safe? An emotional and heartbreaking wartime novel for fans of Diney Costeloe, Dilly Court and Mandy Robotham. When Maggie’s new job takes her from bombed-out London to grand Snowden Hall in the Cotswolds she’s apprehensive but determined to do her bit for the war effort. She’s also keeping a secret, one she knows would turn opinion against her. Her mother is German: Maggie is related to the enemy. Then her evacuee sister sends her a worrying letter, missing the code they agreed Violet would use to confirm everything was well, and Maggie’s heart sinks. Violet is miles away; how can she get to her in the middle of a war? Worse, her mother, arrested for her nationality, is now missing, and Maggie has no idea where she is. As a secret project at Snowden Hall risks revealing Maggie’s German side, she becomes even more determined to protect her family. Can she find a way to get to her sister? And will she ever find out where her mother has been taken? ‘ It has everything I enjoy in a book. Intrigue, romance, adventure and true friendship. ’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘ I really enjoyed it.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘If you love wartime and family saga .’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Enjoyable… An novel that I can .’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Plenty of twists (and some pleasingly teasing romances too) spot-on period detail hugely satisfying Readers LOVE !

Reviews

Goodreads review by Julia on March 08, 2022

A Wartime Secret by Helen Yendall is an epic novel set during 1940 that mesmerized me from the start. The reader hears about life on the homefront as we follow a group of bank employees as they are relocated from London to the Cotswolds during the height of the Blitz. We see the camaraderie between t......more

Goodreads review by Amanda on January 10, 2022

Anybody who knows me really well knows that not only am I a book geek, but I am also a history nerd with a special interest in the Second World War. So imagine my excitement when I read the synopsis for ‘A Wartime Secret’. Let’s just say I was a happy like book nerd geek. I dived straight into the b......more

Goodreads review by Samantha on December 05, 2022

This book was atmospheric and authentically portrayed the WW2 period with brilliant attention to detail. I loved some of the character's turns of phrase, their dialogue and ways of speaking, and although there are quite a few characters, they were all distinct from one another. Maggie's personal jou......more

Goodreads review by Alyson on January 19, 2022

It is WW2 and Maggie takes a new job at Rosman's Merchant Bank. On her first morning she is late because the siren goes and she gets stuck on her bus. When she arrives at work she finds the whole bank is planning to move to the country for the duration of the war. Maggie is sure she will not be able......more

Goodreads review by Kate on April 07, 2022

This has one of the most enticing openings I've read in a long time - 'Maggie Corbett lay face down on the open platform of the number 56 bus ... ' which was a great introduction to the believable and feisty Maggie. I've read a lot of books set in WW2 but I learned two new things from this one: 1) s......more

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