My Heart Went Walking: An Irish tale of love, loss, and redemption Spiral-Bound | February 5, 2022

Sally Hanan

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Kept apart by their love for one man, two sisters part ways, until all three finally meet again in the worst of circumstances. And the reality might break them all. Perfect for fans of Sue Monk Kidd and Maeve Binchy.



It's 1984 in the west of Ireland, and two sisters have unwittingly betrayed each other.

Set against the sweeping landscape of rural Ireland and Dublin City in the 1980s, My Heart Went Walking follows Una, who gives up everything to protect the people she loves, and her sister Ellie, who is left behind to pick up the pieces. 

Una runs away from her home and family in Donegal to start over in the "big smoke" of Dublin City, leaving a bereft family and the love of her life - Cullen - looking for answers.

"I can't bear to keep walking. But you can't keep a secret in this town unless you leave with it."

A year later, wondering if it might be safe to go back, she comes face-to-face with the heartbreaking reality that if she does so, she'll ruin her sister Ellie's newfound happiness with Cullen.

Una stays away and processes her pain alone while building a new life for herself with help from an unexpected source ... until tragedy strikes and she must go home, where the secrets she has fought so hard to keep could destroy all their lives.

My Heart Went Walking will take you back to the '80s and pull you in to the Irish approach to life - that of grit and laughter - and leave you with an overriding reminder of the possibility of hope and restoration in all things.

Publisher: IndieReader In-Store
Original Binding: Trade Paperback
Pages: 352 pages
ISBN-10: 1733333045
Item Weight: 1.0 lbs
Dimensions: 5.8 x 0.8 x 8.3 inches

READERS' PRAISE FOR MY HEART WENT WALKING


"An absolute gem of a novel, taking readers on a compelling, entertaining, sometimes heartbreaking, but ultimately uplifting journey." -IndieReader

"Fans of Jojo Moyes will love the emotions within these pages." -Booklist

"Wonderful story! Engaging and enthralling. The best I've read this year."

"So so good! I was tearing up at so many parts. Just wonderful!"

"Beautiful, beautiful use of language."

"Emotion, tears, expectation all in one awesome book. Sally Hanan is a terrific storyteller."


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 numerous awards for her writing from publishers like iParenting magazine and Faithwriters.