The heartbreaking story of the love of two women – Anne Lister, the real-life inspiration behind Gentleman Jack, and her first love, Eliza Raine – from the bestselling author of Room<\/i> and The Wonder<\/i>.<\/p>\n
‘A rich and spellbinding 19th-century story of forbidden love’ – The Independent<\/i><\/p>\n
‘Donoghue evokes a relationship that is convincing and exquisitely touching’ – The Guardian<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
In 1805, at a boarding school in York, two fourteen-year-old girls first meet.<\/p>\n
Eliza Raine, the orphan daughter of an Indian mother, keeps herself apart from the other girls, tired of being picked out for being different. Anne Lister, a gifted troublemaker, is determined to conquer the world, refusing to bow to society’s expectations of what a woman can do.<\/p>\n
As they fall in love, the connection they forge will remain with them for the rest of their lives.<\/p>\n
Full of passion and heartbreak, evocative and wholly unique, Learned by Heart<\/i> is a beautiful and moving historical novel from acclaimed author Emma Donoghue.<\/p>\n
Shortlisted for the Atwood Gibson Prize<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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