Learned By Heart

<p><b>Shortlisted for the Atwood Gibson Prize.<br><br>The heartbreaking story of the love of two women &ndash; Anne Lister, the real-life inspiration behind Gentleman Jack, and her first love, Eliza Raine &ndash; from the bestselling author of <i>Room</i> and <i>The Wonder</i>.</b><br><br>In 1805, at a boarding school in York, two fourteen-year-old girls first meet.<br><br>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&rsquo;s expectations of what a woman can do.<br><br>As they fall in love, the connection they forge will remain with them for the rest of their lives.<br><br><b>Full of passion and heartbreak, evocative and wholly unique, <i>Learned by Heart</i> is the beautiful and moving new historical novel from acclaimed author Emma Donoghue.<br><br>'A rich and spellbinding 19th-century story of forbidden love' &ndash; <i>Independent</i><br><br>'Donoghue evokes a relationship that is convincing and exquisitely touching.' &ndash; <i>The Guardian</i></b></p>