{"product_id":"an-unlikely-visitor-by-joanna-cannon-9780008255084","title":"An Unlikely Visitor","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Moving, funny, compassionate and wise. \u003cem\u003eAn Unlikely Visitor\u003c\/em\u003e made me laugh, cry and left me filled with hope’ ELIZABETH DAY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'A perfect book for today’s world’ SARAH WINMAN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Heartbreaking, life-affirming and funny all at the same time’ JANE FALLON\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMARGARET THINKS HER TIME IS UP… BUT MAYBE HER TIME IS NOW?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThings have been hard since her husband Derek died, and they never really got over the disappearance of their daughter, Jeanie, all those years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDespite everything, they built a lovely life together… it’s just starting to feel impossible for Margaret on her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThen one day, Margaret returns home to an unlikely visitor, and together they set out to discover what really happened to Jeanie.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePerhaps if you knock on enough doors, you might find another end to your story…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Poignant'\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eSAINSBURY'S MAGAZINE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Compelling'\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eMAIL ON SUNDAY\u003c\/em\u003e, BEST NEW FICTION\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt's not always about the destination… join Joanna Cannon's readers on a profoundly moving emotional journey:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A book that \u003cstrong\u003einvites you to slow down\u003c\/strong\u003e… will leave you \u003cstrong\u003efeeling both tearful and inspired\u003c\/strong\u003e' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Wonderfully comforting'\u003c\/strong\u003e ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'This is a wonderful book, and \u003cstrong\u003eit will stay with me for a very long time\u003c\/strong\u003e' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eTender\u003c\/strong\u003e and\u003cstrong\u003e poignant\u003c\/strong\u003e' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'I \u003cstrong\u003elaughed and cried\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003ecould not put the book down\u003c\/strong\u003e' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A \u003cstrong\u003every special book\u003c\/strong\u003e that will have the reader \u003cstrong\u003ecrying, laughing… and feeling every other possible emotion\u003c\/strong\u003e' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMore praise for Joanna Cannon:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eAn Unlikely Visitor\u003c\/em\u003e feels like a surreal collaboration between Alan Bennett, Alice Sebold, and a Derbyshire Elizabeth Strout’ PATRICK GALE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘In \u003cem\u003eAn Unlikely Visitor\u003c\/em\u003e Joanna Cannon treats weighty subjects – grief, loss, victimhood – with a light touch and her characteristic compassion and humour’ CLARE CHAMBERS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘Emotional, sweet, funny, hauntingly sad and poignant’ SARA COX\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘Lovely, lovely, lovely… Sue Townsend meets Kate Atkinson meets Nina Stibbe’ MARIAN KEYES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘An utter delight’ SARAH WINMAN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘A joy and a triumph’ RACHEL JOYCE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘Charming, wise and profoundly human’ ERIN KELLY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arotahi Agency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47769164021996,"sku":"9780008255084","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780008255084-an-unlikely-visitor.jpg?v=1782098392","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/an-unlikely-visitor-by-joanna-cannon-9780008255084","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}