As a storyteller myself and now with a long career of my own behind me, with many regular readers who tell me they have read all of my books, I thought that with my latest book A Place to Call Home I would put out a teasing challenge to my regular readers by including some of the characters or characters’ names from previous novels in the latest story. I hope my newer readers, after reading A Place to Call Home, might be curious or interested enough to find out who these characters were and what role they played in previous novels. Fun!

That’s what reading should be: entertaining, stimulating, informative and a chance to travel to another point in history, another place in the world, and to meet people who are not real in the flesh, but who can live on in our hearts. And we can have all of this without leaving our armchairs.

Val

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Since winning the Catherine Cookson Prize for Fiction for her first novel, The Hungry Tide, Val Wood has published twenty-three novels and become one of the most popular authors in the UK.

Born in the mining town of Castleford, Val came to East Yorkshire as a child and has lived in Hull and rural Holderness where many of her novels are set. She now lives in the market town of Beverley.

When she is not writing, Val is busy promoting libraries and supporting many charities. In 2017 she was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Hull for service and dedication to literature.

Also by Val Wood

Also by Val Wood

THE HUNGRY TIDE

ANNIE

CHILDREN OF THE TIDE

THE GYPSY GIRL

EMILY

GOING HOME

ROSA’S ISLAND

THE DOORSTEP GIRLS

FAR FROM HOME

THE KITCHEN MAID

THE SONGBIRD

NOBODY’S CHILD

FALLEN ANGELS

THE LONG WALK HOME

RICH GIRL, POOR GIRL

HOMECOMING GIRLS

THE HARBOUR GIRL

THE INNKEEPER’S DAUGHTER

HIS BROTHER’S WIFE

EVERY MOTHER’S SON

LITTLE GIRL LOST

NO PLACE FOR A WOMAN

A MOTHER’S CHOICE