The Sweetest ThingWhen Harriet, a working class girl who, with her friend Mary has left her coastal job of collecting and gutting fish, stops on a bridge in her newly adopted home in York, she is approached by an upper class gentleman. Samuel is a Quaker, a good soul, and a man interested in the new science of photography. He also collects photographs of working class girls in their working clothes. Samuel invites the girls to come to his friend's studio. While Mary is

is a peerless platform to meet a host of them

and millions and millions of just ordinary

sculpture and textiles is unfathomable

Ottoman collapse

AT BERTRAM’S HOTEL

Captains Courageous

and the springer spaniel sniffer dog Charlie who becomes his best friend

and tells the story of India’s rulers and invaders

haunted face

With its powerful storytelling

and its place in the world today

Joanne Harris has created a vibrant and powerful fantasy novel