Description
| Product ID: | 9781035017768 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Learned By Heart |
| Authors: | Author: Emma Donoghue |
| Page Count: | 336 |
| Subjects: | Historical romance, Historical romance, Historical fiction, Historical fiction |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The sensational novel from the bestselling author of The Pull of the Stars and The Wonder. <p><b>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 <i>Room</i> and <i>The Wonder</i>.<br><br>'A rich and spellbinding 19th-century story of forbidden love' – <i>The Independent</i><br><br>'Donoghue evokes a relationship that is convincing and exquisitely touching.' – <i>The Guardian</i></b><br><br>In 1805, at a boarding school in York, two fourteen-year-old girls first meet.<br><br>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 woman can do.<br><br>As they fall in love, the connection they forge will remain with them for the rest of their lives.<br><br><b>Full of passion and heartbreak, evocative and wholly unique, <i>Learned by Heart</i> is a beautiful and moving historical novel from acclaimed author Emma Donoghue.<br><br>Shortlisted for the Atwood Gibson Prize</b></p> |
| Imprint Name: | Picador |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-08-24 |
