escape with the perfect new uplifting and feel-good fiction debut novel about hope and kindness
Jessica Ryn is a former midwife and homeless resettlement worker. She has recently completed her MA in Creative Writing at CCCU, and her stories have been shortlisted for the Kimberly Chambers' Kickstarter Award, Wordsmag and the Val Wood Prize for Creative Writing. When she's not scribbling away, Jessica can be found meandering through the woods, reading stories that pull on the feel-strings and eating yoghurt-covered skittles. Jessica lives in Dover with her husband, two children and their high-spirited springer spaniel. The Extraordinary Hope of Dawn Brightside is her debut novel.
‘This is the book we all need right now: a story of kindness and
hope. I absolutely loved it’
Anstey Harris,The Truths and Triumphs of Grace Atherton ‘Dealing
with heartbreaking issues with humour, this will uplift your soul’
Heat ‘Charming, moving and joyous’
Alice Peterson,If You Were Here ‘Jessica Ryn writes with such
warmth and sensitivity, I felt my heart crack more than once. Dawn
Brightside is the heroine we never knew we needed’
Roxie Cooper,The Day We Met ‘I fell instantly in love with Dawn
Brightside. She made my heart soar and ache all at once, and I was
immediately rooting for her. It takes a talent to make you love and
care for a character, which is testament to Jessica Ryn’s writing –
clever, funny and full of heart’
Lia Louis,Somewhere Close to Happy ‘Utterly charming, uplifting and
full of warmth. Dawn Brightside has found a very special place in
my heart’ Katy Colins,How To Say Goodbye ‘The book equivalent of a
glass half-full. It is love and light and brimming with a
compassion that will inspire you to see the bright side. Not just
within its pages, but within life’
Amy Beashal, The Sky is Mine ‘Beguiling and captivating. The
Extraordinary Hope of Dawn Brightside tackles homelessness, drug
addiction, mental illness and the vulnerability that goes with it
with warmth, humour and most of all, courage’ Sunday Post ‘A
warm-hearted and utterly gorgeous read. The irrespressible Dawn
heads up a wonderful cast of characters and the life-affirming
story is one of kindness and hope. I loved it!’ Nicola Gill, The
Neighbours ‘A joy of a book: funny, sad, enlightening and feelgood’
Frances Quinn, The Smallest Man ‘Spending time with Dawn Brightside
has been a joy from start to finish! An uplifting story that will
break your heart, then mend it again’ Louise Mumford, Sleepless
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