Summary
A heart-warming and passionate tale from the author of Tommy Glover’s Sketch of Heaven
At the age of five I ran into a wood, and nearly two years later I walked out of it and into the nearest house.
In 1927, Gracie returns to her house to find a young girl curled up on her armchair: a feral, rather grubby gift of fate. With no knowledge of the child’s origins and no children of her own, Gracie adopts her and names her ‘Joy’.
Despite the endless specul…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472129055 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472129059 |
| Author: | Jane Bailey |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Constable |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 1 March 2018 |
| Weight: | 220g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 129mm x 21mm |
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A vivid and involving novel that reaches a truly page-turning climax– Barbara Trapido
A vivid and involving novel that reaches a truly page-turning climax - Barbara Trapido
Absorbing, compelling and intensely moving - Lesley Glaister, author of As Far as You Can Go A gentle, poignant, achingly funny tale of displaced children, first love and the tragic secrets hidden behind so many respectable facades - Serena Mackesy, author of The TempAbout The Author
Jane Bailey
Jane Bailey has been writer-in-residence for Cheltenham Festivals’ First Story, which promotes creative writing in schools serving low-income communities. She has also been writer-in-residence for Beyond Words, which takes creative writing to young people in Gloucestershire hospitals. She is a judge for the Laurie Lee Writing Prize, set up by Jessy Lee and Katie Fforde. She lives in Gloucestershire.
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