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Three Things About Elsie: The Sunday Times bestseller longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction

Three Things About Elsie: The Sunday Times bestseller longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction

by JoannaCannon (Author)

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Synopsis

The Sunday Times Bestseller

`Lovely, lovely, lovely... Sue Townsend meets Kate Atkinson meets Nina Stibbe' MARIAN KEYES

`Powerful and profound' Guardian

`Another sure-fire hit' Daily Mail

`Funny, melancholy, acutely observant' Sunday Express

84-year-old Florence has fallen in her flat at Cherry Tree Home for the Elderly. As she waits to be rescued, she considers the charming new resident who looks exactly like a man she once knew - a man who died sixty years ago. His arrival has stirred distant memories she and Elsie thought they'd laid to rest. Lying prone in the front room, Florence wonders if a terrible secret from her past is about to come to light ...

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 496
 Publisher: The Borough Press
Published: 26 Jul 2018
ISBN 10: 000819694X
ISBN 13: 9780008196943

Media Reviews

Praise for Three Things About Elsie:

`Compassionate, thoughtful and tender, it is a novel exploring the pain of nostalgia and personal truths so painful we hide them even from ourselves' HANNAH BECKERMAN, Observer

`A tale of ordinary lives and buried secrets ... a well-written, entertaining, effortless read with some arresting insights' Mail on Sunday

`Charming, wise and profoundly human. I lived every page of this book' ERIN KELLY

`Powerful and profound' Guardian

`Irresistibly good-hearted ... captivating' Telegraph

`Another sure-fire hit for Cannon ... abounds with Alan Bennett-esque humour, as well as heart-wrenching sadness' Daily Mail

`Funny, melancholy, acutely observant ... your heart will finally crack in two on the last page' Sunday Express

`A warm, wise novel - brilliantly entertaining - that also manages to be a timely and profound take on ageing. I loved it' KATE HAMER

`Light yet heartbreaking, a joy to read' i Newspaper

`Funny, touching, and peppered with astute observations ... a future classic' CLARE MACKINTOSH, author of I Let You Go

`[Cannon] conveys the legion indignities of overlooked old age with touching perception' Sunday Times Culture

`A moving, bittersweet story' Good Housekeeping

`Cannon is on her way to becoming a national treasure - no one does quirky, funny and soul-searing the way she does' Emerald Street

`Poignant, witty and original' Woman & Home

`More brilliant, generous storytelling... (a) funny, melancholic tale' Psychologies

Author Bio

Joanna Cannon graduated from Leicester Medical School and worked as a hospital doctor, before specialising in psychiatry. Her first novel The Trouble With Goats and Sheep was a top ten bestseller in both hardback and paperback and was a Richard and Judy pick. She lives in the Peak District with her family and her dog.