Joanna Barnard works as a counsellor. In 2014, she won the inaugural Bath Novel Award. A Northerner currently exiled in the South of England, Joanna misses flat vowels, friendly bus drivers and chips and gravy. She is the author of Precocious and Hush Little Baby.
What a fabulous debut!... a writer of great talent, she tackles a difficult and complex subject with such sensitivity and skill -- Louise Douglas Unsettling and compelling... -- Fanny Blake Woman And Home a memorable, powerful and fascinating read. Joanna Barnard has skilfully, subtly and with great compassion written a gripping and provocative tale that deserves to be read -- Liz Robinson LoveReading Unsettling and compelling -- Fannie Blake Woman and Home