Sarah Hall

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born

in Carlisle, Cumbria, The United Kingdom

January 01, 1974

gender

female

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http://www.sarahhallauthor.com

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Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Lani Irwin

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Sarah Hall took a degree in English and Art History at Aberystwyth University, and began to take writing seriously from the age of twenty, first as a poet, several of her poems appearing in poetry magazines, then as a fiction-writer. She took an M Litt in Creative Writing at St Andrew's University and stayed on for a year afterwards to teach on the undergraduate Creative Writing programme.

Her first novel, Haweswater, was published in 2002. It is set in the 1930s, focuses on one family - the Lightburns - and is a rural tragedy about the disintegration of a community of Cumbrian hill-framers, due to the building of a reservoir. It won several awards, includ...more

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Average rating: 3.49 · 3,202 ratings · 639 reviews · 11 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Electric Michelangelo 3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 1,123 ratings — published 2004 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daughters of the North 3.31 of 5 stars 3.31 avg rating — 1,242 ratings — published 2007 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Paint a Dead Man 3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 454 ratings — published 2009 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Haweswater 3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 164 ratings — published 2002 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Beautiful Indifference: Stories 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 183 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Butcher's Perfume 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Midland Hotel by Sarah Hall, Michael Bracewell, Simon Webb 4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Strangers' Will by Sarah Hall, Dominic Power 2.5 of 5 stars 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hunting School 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Litmus: Short Stories from Modern Science by Ra Page (Editor), Kate Clanchy, Frank Cottrell Boyce 4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“You’ve been wondering lately when the moment is that somebody is truly lost to you.”
― Sarah Hall, How to Paint a Dead Man

tags: grief, loss

11 people liked it

“Of all the conditions we experience, solitude is perhaps the most misunderstood.”
― Sarah Hall, How to Paint a Dead Man

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“You didn’t understand what he was saying, until he kissed you. It was a kiss of such complicity, of such uncomplicated sympathy, that you felt for the first time not alone in your suffering.”
― Sarah Hall, How to Paint a Dead Man

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