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Adding to the already moving, richly told and gripping collection of historical fiction from Emma Donoghue, Learned By Heart is the breathtaking story of two young girls on the margins of life, forging a connection that will last forever.
Emma Donoghue is a genius of compassion. In our fractured world she brings a great sense of repair to us all. – Colum McCann, internationally bestselling author of Let the Great World Spin
Eliza and Lister have never been this wide-awake in their lives, and the Slope, with its curtains drawn wide, is bright with starlight.