Broken Light

Informationen zum Autor JOANNE HARRIS is an Anglo-French author, whose books include twenty novels, three cookbooks, and many short stories. Her work is extremely diverse, covering aspects of magic realism, suspense, historical fiction, mythology, and fantasy. In 2000, her 1999 novel Chocolat was adapted to the screen, starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, an honorary fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and in 2022 was awarded an OBE by the Queen. Klappentext A bold and timely novel that explores how women can feel invisible as they grow older- and what happens when they decide to take back control.Bernie Moon's ambitions and dreams have been forgotten by everyone else - including Bernie herself. At 19 she was full of promise, but now facing 50 and going through the menopause, she's a fading light. Until the murder of a woman in a local park unlocks a series of childhood memories, and with them, a talent that she has hidden all her adult life. What happens when the frustrations and power of an older woman are finally given their chance to be revealed? Vorwort An explosive new novel from #1 bestselling author Joanne Harris. Bold, brave and timely, this is a story about women. About feeling invisible. And about the power in taking back control - with incredible consequences. Zusammenfassung 'Chilling, enchanting and thought-provoking' IAN RANKIN 'Moving and brilliant' DAILY MAIL 'Blazes with anger and sorrow' MARIAN KEYES Have you ever felt invisible? Bernie Moon has given her life to other people: her husband, her son, her friends (who are these days, mostly online). At nineteen she was full of dreams and ambitions; now almost fifty, and going through the menopause, she's fading, fast. Heartbroken and hormonal, she often feels like she's losing her mind. But when a young woman is murdered in a local park, it sparks a series of childhood memories in Bernie and with them, a talent that has lain dormant most of her adult life. She promised herself she'd never think of it again. When she was a teenager, it almost destroyed her. But now she's older, could it be the power she's been missing? Could it be the chance to, finally, make them look? Praise for BROKEN LIGHT : 'Chilling, enchanting and thought-provoking' IAN RANKIN 'Moving and brilliant' DAILY MAIL 'Profound, moving and utterly unforgettable' CATRIONA WARD 'Bold, brave and timely' SARAH PINBOROUGH 'Clever, thoughtful and entirely entertaining' HOLLY SMALE 'This incendiary, brilliantly plotted thriller... is a one-of-a-kind triumph' PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY 'Blazes with anger and sorrow' MARIAN KEYES 'An explosive, relevant read ideal for Amazing Grace Adams and The Power fans' PRIMA ...

Préface
An explosive new novel from #1 bestselling author Joanne Harris. Bold, brave and timely, this is a story about women. About feeling invisible. And about the power in taking back control - with incredible consequences.

Auteur
Joanne Harris is the internationally renowned and award-winning author of eighteen novels, plus novellas, scripts, short stories, libretti, lyrics, articles, and most recently, a self-help book for writers, TEN THINGS ABOUT WRITING. In 2000, her 1999 novel CHOCOLAT was adapted to the screen, starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. She is an honorary Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and is Chair of the Society of Authors. She is active on Twitter, where she writes stories and gives writing tips as @joannechocolat; she posts weekly writing seminars on YouTube; she performs in a live music and storytelling show with the #Storytime Band; and she works from a shed in her garden at her home in Yorkshire.

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A bold and timely novel that explores how women can feel invisible as they grow older- and what happens when they decide to take back control.

Bernie Moon's ambitions and dreams have been forgotten by everyone else - including Bernie herself. At 19 she was full of promise, but now facing 50 and going through the menopause, she's a fading light.

Until the murder of a woman in a local park unlocks a series of childhood memories, and with them, a talent that she has hidden all her adult life.

What happens when the frustrations and power of an older woman are finally given their chance to be revealed?

Résumé
'Chilling, enchanting and thought-provoking' IAN RANKIN

'Moving and brilliant' DAILY MAIL

'Blazes with anger and sorrow' MARIAN KEYES

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Have you ever felt invisible?

• Bernie Moon has given her life to other people: her husband, her son, her friends (who are these days, mostly online). At nineteen she was full of dreams and ambitions; now almost fifty, and going through the menopause, she's fading, fast. Heartbroken and hormonal, she often feels like she's losing her mind.

But when a young woman is murdered in a local park, it sparks a series of childhood memories in Bernie and with them, a talent that has lain dormant most of her adult life.

She promised herself she'd never think of it again. When she was a teenager, it almost destroyed her. But now she's older, could it be the power she's been missing?

Could it be the chance to, finally, make them look?

Praise for BROKEN LIGHT:

'Chilling, enchanting and thought-provoking' IAN RANKIN

'Moving and brilliant' DAILY MAIL

'Profound, moving and utterly unforgettable' CATRIONA WARD

'Bold, brave and timely' SARAH PINBOROUGH

'Clever, thoughtful and entirely entertaining' HOLLY SMALE

'This incendiary, brilliantly plotted thriller... is a one-of-a-kind triumph' PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY

'Blazes with anger and sorrow' MARIAN KEYES

'An explosive, relevant read ideal for Amazing Grace Adams and The Power fans' PRIMA