{"product_id":"9781035017768","title":"Learned By Heart : From the award-winning author of Room","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Donoghue, Emma\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 24 August 2023 by PAN MACMILLAN (Picador) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 336 pages\u003cbr\u003e223 x 140 x 22 | 450g\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the Atwood Gibson Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1805, at a boarding school in York, two fourteen-year-old girls first meet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEliza 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs they fall in love, the connection they forge will remain with them for the rest of their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull of passion and heartbreak, evocative and wholly unique, Learned by Heart is the beautiful and moving new historical novel from acclaimed author Emma Donoghue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A rich and spellbinding 19th-century story of forbidden love' – Independent'Donoghue evokes a relationship that is convincing and exquisitely touching.' – The Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Donoghue, Emma","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50666256728248,"sku":"9781035017768","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781035017768.jpg?v=1734735713","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781035017768","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}