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

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Synopsis
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.'A rich and spellbinding 19th-century story of forbidden love' – The Independent'Donoghue evokes a relationship that is convincing and exquisitely touching.' – The GuardianIn 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 woman can do.As they fall in love, the connection they forge will remain with them for the rest of their lives.Full of passion and heartbreak, evocative and wholly unique, Learned by Heart is a beautiful and moving historical novel from acclaimed author Emma Donoghue.Shortlisted for the Atwood Gibson Prize
Copyright:
2023

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
336 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781035017782
Related ISBNs:
9781035017768, 9781035017775
Publisher:
Pan Macmillan
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Emma Donoghue Ltd.
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Romance, Biographies and Memoirs, Literature and Fiction, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender
Reading Age:
18 and up
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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