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Harriet Cummings

We All Begin As Strangers


2017. 320 S. 168 x 235 mm
Verlag/Jahr: ORION PUBLISHING GROUP; ORION 2017
ISBN: 1-409-16904-9 (1409169049)
Neue ISBN: 978-1-409-16904-8 (9781409169048)

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Inspired by real events - a beautiful debut about an English village pushed to the brink, and the secrets its residents are desperate to protect. If you loved THE TROUBLE WITH GOATS AND SHEEP by Joanna Cannon and THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY by Rachel Joyce, you´ll adore this wonderful debut novel.
If you loved THE TROUBLE WITH GOATS AND SHEEP by Joanna Cannon, ELIZABETH IS MISSING by Emma Healey and THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY by Rachel Joyce, you´ll adore this wonderful British debut novel.
1984, England
Someone is slipping into homes through back doors and open windows in the village of Heathcote. What´s more, the perpetrator knows everything about everyone - leaving curious objects in their homes, or taking things from them.

When beloved Anna goes missing, the whole community fears she´s been kidnapped.

But as the villagers search for Anna, it´s their own darkest secrets they´re desperate to keep hidden...

Inspired by real events, and with a brilliant cast of characters, WE ALL BEGIN AS STRANGERS is a beautiful debut novel you´ll want to recommend to everyone.

Praise for WE ALL BEGIN AS STRANGERS: ´A dazzling debut... Beautifully plotted, fantastically written and compellingly strange´ - DAILY MAIL

´I can see why it has been compared to THE TROUBLE WITH GOATS AND SHEEP as it has such a warm but heartbreaking feel to it´ - Kate, Amazon reviewer

´A book about community and how trusts can be so easily broken´ - WRITING.IE

´Explores ideas of loneliness and longing´ - THE i NEWSPAPER
Praise for WE ALL BEGIN AS STRANGERS by Harriet Cummings, a beautiful debut novel you´ll want to recommend to everyone - for fans of Joanna Cannon, Rachel Joyce and Jessie Burton:

Wonderful... Full of surprising twists, right up until the final revelations
Caroline Lea, author of WHEN THE SKY FELL APART
Cummings, Harriet

Harriet Cummings´ debut novel, We All Begin as Strangers, was shortlisted for the Books are my Bag Reader Award 2017. She is a freelance writer with a background in history of art and gender studies. As a script writer, she has had work performed at Edinburgh Fringe Festival, as well as independent venues around London.

A graduate of the prestigious Faber Academy creative writing course, Harriet now lives in Leamington Spa with her husband and springer spaniel.

Follow Harriet on Twitter @HarrietWriter or find out more at www.harrietcummingsauthor.com