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Author Emma Donghue tells us about the rebellious historical figures of Anne Lister and her first love Eliza Raine, whose histories and letters inspired her novel, Learned by Heart.
BUY Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue: uk.bookshop.org/a/73/9781035017768
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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.
'Donoghue conjures a whole new world' – The Observer
In 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 the dazzling new novel from acclaimed author Emma Donoghue.
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Author Emma Donghue tells us about the rebellious historical figures of Anne Lister and her first love Eliza Raine, whose histories and letters inspired her novel, Learned by Heart.
BUY Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue: uk.bookshop.org/a/73/9781035017768
MORE about the book:
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.
'Donoghue conjures a whole new world' – The Observer
In 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 the dazzling new novel from acclaimed author Emma Donoghue.
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