by Nia Beynon | Apr 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
Women play so many different roles throughout their lives, and I wanted to illustrate that a bit in my three main characters, Vika, Liliya, and Halya, who are all experiencing the war in various ways and points in their lives. Vika is first and foremost a mother....
by Nia Beynon | Apr 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
World War 2 devastated Ukraine. The Eastern Front rolled back and forth across the countryside, leaving ten million Ukrainians homeless and decimating nearly 29,000 cities and villages. Western Ukraine, where my grandfather was born, was ruled by Poland during the...
by Nia Beynon | Apr 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
Like many writers, I draw on my experiences to create the worlds in my books, but never so deeply or personally as I did with my latest book, The Sweet Shop of Second Chances. Not only is Bourton-on-the-Water, the village where the story takes place, a real location,...
by Nia Beynon | Apr 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
It was probably inevitable that one day I would write a series set on a farm or small holding, because I grew up in the countryside, six miles from the nearest town, surrounded by farmland, on a few acres of land where my parents built their own home. We were always...
by Nia Beynon | Apr 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
During both world wars, the YMCA provided a warm welcome and recreational activities for forces and civilians alike. Within ten days of the declaration of World War, one 250 huts sprang up all over the United Kingdom for this purpose and went on to establish temporary...
