A Place to Call Home

by Val Wood (£18.99, HB, Bantam Press) It’s 1845 and Ellen is happy living with her young family in the remote countryside where she grew up. So when her

husband finds himself without work

and they leave for the industrial city of Hull, life seems bleak. When tragedy strikes the family, Ellen wonders how much more they can endure. A heartwarming, historical saga with family at the very heart of it.