,
Helen  Yendall

year in books

Helen Yendall’s Followers (42)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
Samanth...
395 books | 532 friends

Susan i...
4,860 books | 122 friends

Patsy C...
245 books | 496 friends

Kayla L...
551 books | 68 friends

Gail Crane
197 books | 39 friends

Sarah
534 books | 61 friends

Rhianna...
108 books | 140 friends

Jo
Jo
328 books | 671 friends

More friends…

Helen Yendall

Goodreads Author


Born
in The United Kingdom
November 12

Website

Twitter

Member Since
July 2012


Helen Yendall has been writing ever since she could pick up a pencil.

After many years spent writing short stories, articles and poetry, she turned to novel writing.

Her debut novel, 'A Wartime Secret', set in WW2 and based on the true story of a bank and its staff that moved from London to the countryside to escape the Blitz, was published in early 2022. It was described by one reviewer as 'East Enders meets Downton Abbey'.

Then she embarked on a series about the Women's Timber Corps, the women who worked in the forests and sawmills of Britain during WW2.

First in the series is 'The Highland Girls at War', the second is 'The Highland Girls on Guard' and the third, 'The Highland Girls Report for Duty' was published in March 2025.

She's curre
...more

Average rating: 4.28 · 1,806 ratings · 171 reviews · 4 distinct worksSimilar authors
A Wartime Secret

4.19 avg rating — 689 ratings6 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Highland Girls at War

4.30 avg rating — 619 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Highland Girls on Guard...

4.36 avg rating — 268 ratings3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Highland Girls Report f...

4.40 avg rating — 230 ratings3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating

* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.

Helen Yendall hasn't written any blog posts yet.

Helen’s Recent Updates

Helen rated a book really liked it
An Ocean of Stars by Imogen Martin
An Ocean of Stars
by Imogen Martin (Goodreads Author)
Rate this book
Clear rating
Helen rated a book really liked it
Frank and Red by Matt Coyne
Frank and Red
by Matt Coyne (Goodreads Author)
Rate this book
Clear rating
I picked this book for my book club based on all the fabulous reviews I'd seen for it and I wasn't disappointed. (Hope everyone thinks the same when we have the meeting!). Heartwarming and laugh-out-loud funny in parts, these are well-rounded, believ ...more
Helen rated a book it was amazing
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
Rate this book
Clear rating
Have read this book before - and seen the TV series - but we listened to it this time, as an audiobook, on a very long drive to Scotland and it was brilliant - made the time whizz by. Loved it and it's made me want to read all the others in the serie ...more
Helen rated a book really liked it
Diary of an Ordinary Schoolgirl by Margaret Forster
Rate this book
Clear rating
Charming - if a little repetitive at times - I read this mostly for research because I'm writing something set in the 1950s. Took me back to my own school days! (not in the '50s, I hasten to add). I enjoyed it. ...more
Helen rated a book it was amazing
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
Rate this book
Clear rating
Have read this book before - and seen the TV series - but we listened to it this time, as an audiobook, on a very long drive to Scotland and it was brilliant - made the time whizz by. Loved it and it's made me want to read all the others in the serie ...more
Helen rated a book it was ok
The Murders at Fleat House by Lucinda Riley
Rate this book
Clear rating
Read for my book club. Not great - I think it needed a good edit and sadly poor Lucinda Riley had died when the decision was taken to publish it. It was too long and there was a lot of padding and too many characters that were hard to differentiate. ...more
Helen and 278 other people liked Laura Lou's review of Broken Country:
Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
"I can't believe that I'm supposed to feel for the main character who's cheating on her husband. She can't help it because she's still in love with this man from her past. Whatever! She married someone else who adored her and had been in love with her" Read more of this review »
Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
" Agree and I didn't like Crawdads either. Overwritten, mawkish.. rubbish! ...more "
Helen and 1275 other people liked Larissa Cambusano's review of Broken Country:
Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
"i’m so sorry 🫣😶‍🌫️

this is a VERY UNPOPULAR OPINION!!!!!!

I didn’t like this at all lmao. the audiobook was good and I kept listening so it did have that bingable aspect to it. but oh my goodness me I hated every character. beth was insufferable, gabr" Read more of this review »
Helen rated a book it was ok
Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
Broken Country
by Clare Leslie Hall (Goodreads Author)
Rate this book
Clear rating
I feel as though I'm the only person in the world who doesn't like this book. It's been sold in 30 countries, was a Reese Witherspoon Book Club choice and Amazon's 'book of the year' but...I found it mawkish and clunky, the main character Beth, is so ...more
More of Helen's books…
Quotes by Helen Yendall  (?)
Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more)

“Sometimes I think that’s a woman’s role in life: tidying up the mess that men leave behind,’ Jean said. ‘And that includes war.”
Helen Yendall, The Highland Girls Report for Duty

“hungry”
Helen Yendall, A Wartime Secret

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics posts views last activity  
Aussie Readers: Annual A-Z Challenge 2023 - Follow the Clues! 348 265 Jan 10, 2024 09:12PM  
233 ¡ POETRY ! — 22532 members — last activity Apr 13, 2026 03:25PM
No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read ...more
No comments have been added yet.