Learned By Heart Av Emma Donoghue

<P><B>';A wrenching love story' (Chris Bohjalian, <I>The Washington Post</I>) based on the true story of two girls who fall secretly, deeply, and dangerously in love at boarding school in 19th century York, from the bestselling author of <I>Room </I>and <I>The Wonder.</I></B></P> Drawing on years of investigation and Anne Lister's five-million-word secret journal,<I> Learned by Heart </I>is the long-buried love story of Eliza Raine, an orphan heiress banished from India to England at age six, and Anne Lister, a brilliant, troublesome tomboy, who meet at the Manor School for young ladies in York in 1805 when they are both fourteen.<BR/> <BR/> Emotionally intense, psychologically compelling, and deeply researched, <I>Learned by Heart</I> is an extraordinary work of fiction by one of the world's greatest storytellers. Full of passion and heartbreak, the tangled lives of Anne Lister and Eliza Raine form a love story for the ages.