Pearl of Pit Lane


I'm very proud to announce the title - and details - of my third novel with Headline.

The novel is Pearl of Pit Lane, about a young girl who tries to escape a life of living on the streets in a northeast coalmining village in 1919.

You can read all about it here.

Pearl of Pit Lane will be released in hardback, audio and ebook in November 2019 and in paperback in March 2020.



Debut novel Belle of the Back Streets

Now out in hardback, audiobook and e-book
Paperback released March 7 2019 

Website: glendayoungbooks.com

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