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*
I wouldn't be surprised if this was the biggest hardback debut of
the year
*Alexandra Hemingsley, Radio Two Arts Show*
This centenary year, so many more female writers have chosen The
Great War as their central theme ...there is WAKE by Anna Hope,
chronicling the lives of women battling with postwar loss ...I
welcome these, and more, for their stories and the history lessons
they incorporate
*Arifa Akbar, The Independent*
Poignant and powerful, it's a must-read.
*Fabulous Magazine*
Anna Hope reveals a tragic connection between three women living i
1920s London in her impressive debut
*Good Housekeeping Magazine*
Hope weaves her three characters’ workaday narratives together,
building scenes that wear their research lightly …The women’s lives
come at us in a present-tense narration that keeps the book easy to
read, letting the characters’ thoughts bob to the surface of the
text in italics, as if in a nod towards the modernism that was
brewing in that very period.
*Independent*
A very simple book which elicits very complicated emotions
...luscious, impressive, moving.
*Julia Kingsford*
It's an unusual story, told well and written delicately. The women
and the world they inhabit are beautifully drawn. It tells us that
life can continue to be lived even after terrible loss.
*RONAN BENNETT, Whitbread award-winning author and creator of
Channel Four’s ‘Top Boy’*
Hope’s unblinking prose is reminiscent of Vera Brittain’s classic
memoir “Testament of Youth” in its depiction of the social and
emotional fallout, particularly on women, of the Great War.
*New York Times*
Wake is a staggeringly good first novel, packed with soulful
insight, universal emotions and those intimate small details which
add more depth and meaning to a picture than the brutal sweep of a
broad brush.
*Lancashire Evening Post*
It’s hard for me to believe that this amazing, touching book is a
debut novel. Absolutely recommend and already on the run for a spot
in my top 10.
*www.thebooksmugglers.com*
It is a powerful read; you can almost see the endless mud of the
trenches, and sense the fear of those young men.
*pagesandteablog.wordpress.com*
Anna Hope wove her spell and managed to conjure up an intriguing
tale, quite rich with emotion that held me entranced until the last
page. I can’t wait to see what she does next.
*lynnsbooks.wordpress.com*
Wake is a brilliant debut novel, deeply moving, well-plotted and
engrossing.
*http://ourbookreviewsonline.blogspot.co.uk*
This is such a brilliant book; one that is both beautifully written
and emotionally involving, with a fascinating plot and wonderful
characters who pluck at your heartstrings on every page.
*http://bookssnob.wordpress.com*
I have no doubt that Wake is going to be included in my Top Ten
books of 2014, I know that it's only January, but this is a book
that has had a huge effect on me.
*randomthingsthroughmyletterbox.blogspot.co.uk*
The only regret I have is that I didn’t read this book sooner. WAKE
is luxury. Pure luxury.
*http://missmoretalks.wordpress.com*
She manages to capture every single detail, every emotion and every
sound.
*http://lauraslittlebookblog.blogspot.co.uk*
Wake is that rare and beautiful thing: a first novel that sings
with such power and grace that it lifts itself effortlessly from
the pack. Powerful, passionate, compassionate, it marks the rising
of a new star in the literary firmament. Anna Hope is here to
stay.
*M.C. Scott - Author of Rome and chair of the Historical Writers
Association*
Intricately researched and beautifully written, with the kind of
restrained yet emotional prose one expects from a seasoned author.
Its characters, too, have a depth and quiet tragedy one rarely
finds in debut fiction. In this centenary year commemorating the
outbreak of war, there've been many novels about the conflict:Wake
is without doubt one of the best.
*Hannah Beckerman - Huffington Post*
A masterclass in historical fiction
*Observer*
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