A Year of Marvellous Ways - Softcover

Sarah Winman grew up in Essex and now lives in London. She attended the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art and went on to act in theatre, film and television. She has written two novels, WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT and A YEAR OF MARVELLOUS WAYS.

A Year of Marvellous Ways is like Dylan Thomas given a sexy rewrite by Angela Carter―Patrick Gale, author of A PLACE CALLED WINTER

Yet again Sarah Winman has written a beautiful, beautiful novel. A Year of Marvellous Ways will hypnotise, seduce, until you can do nothing but pick it up and read it again―Tiffany Murray, author of DIAMOND STAR HALO and SUGAR HALL

Winman excels in her sweeping prose and her unwavering theme of love in all its forms―Stylist

What struck me was Winman's gorgeous imagery, beautiful passages and imaginative storytelling. Quirky and slightly hairbrained, A Year of Marvellous Ways is an unforgettable book―Mitford Society Summer Reads

The stories are touching and the twist of magical realism lends them a joyful, fairytale element―Daily Record

The sense of magic infused through the novel casts a spell over the reader that makes you not want to put the book down until you've turned the final page―Hannah Beckerman, author of THE DEAD WIFE?S HANDBOOK

The book demonstrates vividly how we need family around us, whether homegrown or grafted, to live our fullest lives... By the end of this novel, we too belong in the world of Marvellous Ways―Sunday Express, S Magazine

She is particularly good at bringing the sensations of landscape to bear - its smell, sound and look - and in Marvellous has created a character of warmth and eccentricity―Metro

One to read slowly so you can savour every beautiful sentence―Good Housekeeping (Book of the Month)

Moving... offbeat and memorable―Woman & Home