Glenda Young credits her local library in the village of Ryhope, where she grew up, for giving her a love of books. She still lives close by in Sunderland and often gets her ideas for her stories on long bike rides along the coast. A life-long fan of Coronation Street, she runs two hugely popular fan websites. For updates on what Glenda is working on, visit her website glendayoungbooks.com and to find out more find her on Facebook/GlendaYoungAuthor and Twitter @flaming_nora.
In the world of historical saga writers, there's a brand new voice * My Weekly * I really enjoyed Glenda's novel. It's well researched and well written and I found myself caring about her characters -- Rosie Goodwin Will resonate with saga readers everywhere...a wonderful, uplifting story -- Nancy Revell All the ingredients for a perfect saga and I loved Meg; she's such a strong and believable character. A fantastic debut -- Emma Hornby Glenda has an exceptionally keen eye for domestic detail which brings this local community to vivid, colourful life and Meg is a likeable, loving heroine for whom the reader roots from start to finish -- Jenny Holmes I found it difficult to believe that this was a debut novel, as brilliant was the word in my mind when I reached the end. I enjoyed it enormously, being totally absorbed from the first page. I found it extremely well written, and having always loved sagas, one of the best I've read -- Margaret Kaine