‘Real sagas with female characters right at the heart’ Woman’s Hour’Glenda Young brings a new freshness to the genre’ My Weekly magazine’Saga fiction at its best . . . I enjoyed it immensely’ VICKI BEEBY’A lovely read, full of highs, lows, friendship and foes’ JOHANNA BELLDiscover the second novel in Glenda Young’s engaging Toffee Factory Girls trilogy, from the author of The Sixpenny Orphan, about three young women working together and sharing secrets in a WWI toffee factory in the North-East!As the Great War rages, Jack’s toffee factory in the market town of Chester-le-Street, Durham, is threatened with closure when sugar rations begin.Anne, who works for the owner Mr Jack, must choose between her heart and her head when Mr Jack declares his love for her. Not only might he have to sell the toffee factory if he breaks off his previous engagement, but he can never know the secret that Anne carries.Elsie is forced to keep a secret when she risks her safety as well as her reputation in order to make ends meet.And, for Hetty, a long-hidden family secret surfaces, threatening to tear Hetty’s family apart. Her future with Dirk feels more fragile than ever.Together the three toffee factory girls share laughter, sorrow and secrets, and support one another through the challenges ahead.Secrets of The Toffee Factory Girls is the second mesmerising novel in a trilogy that began with The Toffee Factory Girls from hugely popular author Glenda Young – ‘such a good writer, she’s fantastic!’ Woman’s Hour……………….Praise for Glenda ‘A gripping saga’ People’s Friend’Using her local knowledge and her eye for human frailty, Young creates a believable and richly detailed world in this emotive story full of hardship, kinship and resilience, and with a memorable cast of beautifully drawn characters’ Lancashire Evening Post’Will resonate with saga readers everywhere . . . a wonderful, uplifting story’ Nancy Revell’I really enjoyed . . . It’s well researched and well written and I found myself caring about her characters’ Rosie Goodwin’All the ingredients for a perfect saga’ Emma Hornby’Glenda has an exceptionally keen eye for domestic detail which brings this local community to vivid, colourful life’ Jenny Holmes’The feel of the story is totally authentic . . . Her heroine in the grand Cookson tradition . . . Inspirationally delightful’ Peterborough Evening TelegraphWhat readers are saying about Glenda’s heartwrenching ‘Definitely an author not to be missed when it comes to family sagas’ The Book Magnet’Writes superb historical fiction that bring the era alive. Her books are unbeatable and unputdownable’ Ginger Book Geek’The perfectly imperfect, human nature of Glenda Young’s characters are what keeps her reader

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