The Sudden Appearance Of Hope

Description

My name is Hope Arden. I am the girl the world forgets. It started when I was sixteen years old. A father forgetting to drive me to school. A mother setting the table for three, not four. A friend who looks at me and sees a stranger. No matter what I do, the words I say, the crimes I commit - you will never remember who I am. That makes my life tricky. It also makes me dangerous ...The Sudden Appearance of Hope is the tale of a girl no one remembers, yet her story will stay with you for ever. Praise for Claire North: 'Just extraordinary' Claire Mackintosh, author of I Let You Go 'Beautiful and gripping' Guardian 'Little short of a masterpiece' Independent 'North's talent shines out' Sunday Times 'One of the fiction highlights of the decade' Judy Finnigan, Richard and Judy Book Club

Reviews

Claire North is a true original, a master of ingenious plotting and feats of imagination Alex Marwood, author of THE WICKED GIRLS

Author description

Claire North is the pen name for the Carnegie-nominated Catherine Webb. Her previous novel The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August was selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club, the Waterstones Book Club and the Radio 2 Book Club. Catherine currently works as a theatre lighting designer and is a fan of big cities, urban magic, Thai food and graffiti-spotting. She lives in London. Find her on Twitter as @ClaireNorth42