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A story from Joanna Cannon to stir the heart and awaken vital conversations about love.
On holiday with her parents in Yorkshire, Ellis befriends a boy in the next-door cottage and they walk the moors together in a landscape that demands their secrets and offers healing.
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Published August 16, 2018
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Joanna Cannon
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Joanna Cannon is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling debut novel The Trouble with Goats and Sheep, which has sold over 250,000 copies in the UK alone and has been published in 15 countries. The novel was longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize, shortlisted for The Bookseller Industry Awards 2017 and won the 2016 BAMB Reader Award. Joanna has been interviewed in The Guardian, The Observer, The Sunday Times, The Times, and Good Housekeeping magazine, and her writing has appeared in the Sunday Telegraph, Daily Mail, and the Guardian, amongst others. She has appeared on BBC Breakfast, BBC News Channel’s Meet the Author, interviewed on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5, and is a regular at literary festivals across the country including Edinburgh and Cheltenham. Joanna left school at fifteen with one O-level and worked her way through many different jobs – barmaid, kennel maid, pizza delivery expert – before returning to school in her thirties and qualifying as a doctor. Her work as a psychiatrist and interest in people on the fringes of society continue to inspire her writing, and Joanna currently volunteers for Arts for Health, an organisation bringing creative arts to NHS staff and patients. Joanna Cannon’s second novel Three Things About Elsie is published in January 2018 and explores memory, friendship and old age. She lives in the Peak District with her family and her dog.
Joanna Cannon is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling debut novel The Trouble with Goats and Sheep, which has sold over 250,000 copies in the UK alone and has been published in 15 countries. The novel was longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize, shortlisted for The Bookseller Industry Awards 2017 and won the 2016 BAMB Reader Award. Joanna has been interviewed in The Guardian, The Observer, The Sunday Times, The Times, and Good Housekeeping magazine, and her writing has appeared in the Sunday Telegraph, Daily Mail, and the Guardian, amongst others. She has appeared on BBC Breakfast, BBC News Channel’s Meet the Author, interviewed on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5, and is a regular at literary festivals across the country including Edinburgh and Cheltenham. Joanna left school at fifteen with one O-level and worked her way through many different jobs – barmaid, kennel maid, pizza delivery expert – before returning to school in her thirties and qualifying as a doctor. Her work as a psychiatrist and interest in people on the fringes of society continue to inspire her writing, and Joanna currently volunteers for Arts for Health, an organisation bringing creative arts to NHS staff and patients. Joanna Cannon’s second novel Three Things About Elsie is published in January 2018 and explores memory, friendship and old age. She lives in the Peak District with her family and her dog.
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November 25, 2024
A beautifully written short story from one of my favourite authors.
January 10, 2019
Borrowed from my library's e-book service!
This short story sadly wasn't for me. It follows a young girl, whose parents and her have travelled to a cottage to spend a holiday in the moors and their holiday there. This girl meets a young guy who is staying at the other holiday cottage. Feeling a little underdeveloped and with time gaps throughout, I really wanted a longer story to really get to know the characters better!
This short story sadly wasn't for me. It follows a young girl, whose parents and her have travelled to a cottage to spend a holiday in the moors and their holiday there. This girl meets a young guy who is staying at the other holiday cottage. Feeling a little underdeveloped and with time gaps throughout, I really wanted a longer story to really get to know the characters better!
March 13, 2019
Loved it
Very tender a moving beautifully written story. I loved the ending, the colours and the sadness that was both there and not there
Very tender a moving beautifully written story. I loved the ending, the colours and the sadness that was both there and not there
December 4, 2019
Interesting short story surrounding the mythology of withering heights. It was ethereal and spooky and eerie but brilliant to read.
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