Sally Hanan
ALLi Author Member
Location: United States of America
Genres: Mind Body Spirit, Commercial Fiction, Self-Help/Personal Development, General Nonfiction, Literary Fiction, New Adult, General Fiction, Religion, Women's Fiction, Short/Flash Fiction Collection, Historical Fiction, Humour, Memoir, Children's general
Sally Hanan grew up in Ireland and became a nurse, but she left all the big family dinners, rain, and cups of tea when she and her husband won a green card lottery and moved to Texas. Her family now raised, she works as a book editor and occasional lay counselor and life coach. Sally lives near Austin, Texas, in a gorgeous 1930s home with her “hunk of burning love” husband and their spoiled-rotten doggie. Also a writer of flash fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, she has won awards for her writing from Reader's Favorite, iParenting magazine, and Faithwriters.
Sally Hanan's books
Genres: Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 18+
The only man she’s ever loved is seeing her sister. And now they have to save her together. Sally Hanan’s sublime debut mixes the prose of Sue Monk Kidd with the dialogue of Maeve Binchy. With captivating warmth, she pulls us in to how it felt to live and love in Ireland’s changing culture of the ‘80s, and how it often made a woman’s decisions for her. “I can’t bear to keep walking. But you can’t keep a secret in this town unless you leave with it.” Kept apart by their love for one man, two sisters embark on their own paths towards survival, love, and understanding, until all three finally meet again in the worst of circumstances. And the reality might break them all. My Heart Went Walking is a heartbreakingly beautiful novel that sweeps from the small Irish town of Donegal to the “big smoke” of Dublin City;...