Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue

Drawing on years of investigation and Anne Lister's five-million-word secret journal,Learned by Heartis the long-buried love story of Eliza Raine, an orphan heiress banished from India to England at age six, and Anne Lister, a brilliant, troublesome tomboy, who meet at the Manor School for young ladies in York in 1805 when they are both fourteen.

Emotionally intense, psychologically compelling, and deeply researched,Learned by Heartis an extraordinary work of fiction by one of the world's greatest storytellers. Full of passion and heartbreak, the tangled lives of Anne Lister and Eliza Raine form a love story for the ages. (From HarperCollins Canada)

Emma Donoghue is an Irish Canadian writer. Her books include the novelsLanding,Room,Frog Music,The Wonder,The Pull of the Starsand the children's bookThe Lotterys Plus One.Roomwas an international bestseller and was adapted into a critically acclaimed film starring Brie Larson.

Her novelThe Wonderwas a finalist for the 2016 ScotiabankGiller Prize and more recently,The Pull of the Starswaslonglisted for the 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prizeand shortlisted for the Trillium Book Award.

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Q23:39Emma Donoghue: Anne Lister, young queer love, and her new novel Learned By Heart

Emma Donoghues new novel has been decades in the making. Learned by Heart tells the story of two young teenagers, Anne Lister and Eliza Raine, who fall in love at their boarding school in England in 1805. Except these characters arent that of fiction they actually existed. Emma tells Tom about when she first discovered the story, how Anne Lister changed her life, and how it feels to finally finish this novel.

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