Rachel Hore – Family Secrets & Lies The Joys of Binge Reading

Rachel Hore is a UK Sunday Times bestselling author. whose latest book, The Hidden Years is the story of secrets, loss and betrayal set in Cornwall during World War ii, and then looking ahead closer to contemporary times, to the heady days of the 1960s.







Hi there. I'm your host, Jenny Wheeler, and today on the Binge Reading Show, Rachel talks about families and their secrets, and the strange coincidences when life mirrors art in ways we can't possibly anticipate.







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Ann Cleeves







The Shetland series:







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Where to find Rachel Hore Online







Website: https://rachelhore.co.uk/







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Introducing women's fiction author Rachel Hore







Rachel Hore - UK best selling author with over 1 million books sold







Jenny Wheeler: But now here's Rachel. Hello there Rachel, and welcome to the show.







It's great to have you with us.







Rachel Hore: Thank you, Jenny. It's really good to be here.







Jenny Wheeler: Look, Rachel, I understand that The Hidden Years is your 13th novel,. Is that correct?







Rachel Hore: Yes it is. Unlucky for some, but I'm cheerful about it.







Jenny Wheeler: That's great and it, they're all in very much the same vein. You haven't been one of those authors who's jumped genres. They're character, driven family stories of upheaval and secrets.







Sometimes cross-generational, sometimes not so much in the dual timeline. I wondered how you came to identify that as maybe the area that you were most interested in writing about in the beginning?







Love of family deep and long lasting







Rachel Hore: I think it came from quite deep inside. I've always been very interested in stories of my...