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20%OFFEmma Donoghue - Learned By Heart: From the award-winning author of Room - 9781035017775 - 9781035017775
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Learned By Heart: From the award-winning author of Room

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Description for Learned By Heart: From the award-winning author of Room Paperback.

Shortlisted for the Atwood Gibson Prize.

The heartbreaking story of the love of two women – Anne Lister, the real-life inspiration behind Gentleman Jack, and her first love, Eliza Raine – from the bestselling author of Room and The Wonder.


In 1805, at a boarding school in York, two fourteen-year-old girls first meet.

Eliza Raine, the orphan daughter of an Indian mother, keeps herself apart from the other girls, tired of being picked out for being different. Anne Lister, a gifted troublemaker, is determined to conquer the world, refusing to bow to society’s expectations of what a ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781035017775
SKU
9781035017775
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Emma Donoghue
Born in Dublin in 1969, and now living in Canada, Emma Donoghue writes fiction (novels and short stories, contemporary and historical, most recently Haven), as well as drama for screen and stage. Room was a New York Times Best Book of 2010 and a finalist for the Man Booker, Commonwealth and Orange Prizes, selling between two and three million copies ... Read more

Reviews for Learned By Heart: From the award-winning author of Room
Donoghue's prose is beautiful and beautifully controlled. Simply and without a shred of sentimentality, she evokes a relationship that is convincing and exquisitely touching.
The Guardian
The historical setting comes alive in glorious detail . . . over the course of this enthralling novel.
The Irish Times
Offers a refreshing perspective on a celebrated figure in ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Learned By Heart: From the award-winning author of Room


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