Unfolding over five days leading up to 11 November, 1920, the international bestseller and prizewnning story of three women's lives and loves. For fans of PAT BARKER, MADELINE MILLER and MAGGIE O'FARRELL
ANNA HOPE was born in Manchester, and educated at Oxford University
and RADA. The idea behind Wake came to her when she visited the
Somme, where she was struck by the sight of so many rows of
identical crosses, and wondered at the grief of the women they left
behind. WAKE is her first novel.
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A compelling and emotionally charged debut about the painful
aftermath of war and the ways - small, brave or commonplace - that
keep us going. It touches feelings we know, and settings - dance
halls, war front, queues outside the grocer - that we don't. I
loved it.
*Rachel Joyce, author of THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY*
A tender and timely novel, full of compassion and quiet insight.
The author gives us a moving and original glimpse into the haunted
peace after the Great War, her characters drawn by the gravity of
the unmarked, the unknown and perhaps, finally, the unhoped
for.
*Chris Cleave, author of THE OTHER HAND*
Wake is powerful and humane; a novel that charms and beguiles. Anna
Hope's characters are so real; flawed and searching, and her prose
so natural, one almost forgets how very great a story she is
telling.
*Sadie Jones, author of THE OUTCAST*
Superb ... beautifully crafted
*Irish Times*
A moving novel about the aftershock of the 1914-1918 conflict. ...
unlikely many will prove better than Anna Hope's Wake
*Sunday Times*
Absorbing and timely
*Daily Mail*
Wise and insightful
*Sunday Express*
A hit, we think!
*Simon Mayo Bookclub*
Impressive and poignant ... moving and rewarding
*Woman and Home*
Poignant ... stays long in the memory
*Choice*
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