âOne of those rarest of books: so beautiful I almost couldnât bear it, and so moving I was reading through tearsâ STACEY HALLS
âUniquely witty, beautifully observed, intricately wovenâ MIRANDA HART
âA truly glorious life-affirming book, in which love, hope and friendship trump sorrowâ DINAH JEFFERIES
âHad me absolutely sobbing â a beautiful, beautiful bookâ JO BROWNING WROE, bestselling author of A TERRIBLE KINDNESS
âWorth every tearâ WOMAN & HOME
âExquisitely tender, powerfully compellingâ SARAH HAYWOOD
âOne of my new all-time favourite books â an absolute joyâ JULIETTA HENDERSON
âThoughtful, warm and engagingâ CHRISTINA SWEENEY-BAIRD
âHonest, heartfelt and hopefulâ MARIANNE CRONIN
âA joy to readâ ANNE YOUNGSON
âA love song to women everywhereâ ERICKA WALLER
MEET EVA MARTĂNEZ-GREEN, AN ONLY CHILD FULL OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HER BEGINNINGS.
Between her emotionally absent mother and her physically absent father, there is nobody to answer them. Eva is convinced that all is not as it seems. Why are there no baby pictures of her? Why do her parents avoid all questions about her early years?
When her parentsâ relationship crumbles, Eva begins a journey to find these answers for herself. Her desire to discover where she belongs leads Eva on a journey spanning decades and continents â and, along the way, she meets women who challenge her idea of what a mother should be, and who will change her life forever...
âA glorious journey into loving & longingâ ANSTEY HARRIS
âHeartrending and heartwarmingâ CELIA ANDERSON
âExquisiteâ JESSICA RYN
âA deep delight of a book that vibrates with love and longingâ HELEN PARIS
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Praise for Joanna Glenâs debut novel, The Other Half of Augusta Hope:
âA therapeutic dose of high-strength emotionâ GUARDIAN
âEntertains and moves in equal measureâ DAILY MAIL
âKeep the tissues closeâ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
âAn irresistible message of redemption and belongingâRED magazine
âHeartening and hopefulâ JESS KIDD
âMesmerizingly beautifulâ SARAH HAYWOOD
âAn extraordinary masterpieceâ ANSTEY HARRIS
Joanna Glen read Spanish at the University of London, and lost her heart to Andalusia whilst studying at the Faculty of Arts in CĂłrdoba. She went on to become a teacher of English and Spanish, and a school principal.
Joannaâs debut novel, The Other Half of Augusta Hope, was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and the Authorsâ Club Best First Novel Award. Her next novel is Maybe, Perhaps, Possibly. She and her husband live in Brighton.