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The Other Half of Augusta Hope

Joanna Glen

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English
The Borough Press
17 June 2019
Shortlisted for the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award

‘A therapeutic dose of high-strength emotion’ GUARDIAN

Augusta Hope has never felt like she fits in.

At six, she’s memorising the dictionary. At seven, she’s correcting her teachers. At eight, she spins the globe and picks her favourite country on the sound of its name: Burundi.   And now that she's an adult, Augusta has no interest in the goings-on of the small town where she lives with her parents and her beloved twin sister, Julia.

When an unspeakable tragedy upends everything in Augusta's life, she's propelled headfirst into the unknown. She's determined to find where she belongs – but what if her true home, and heart, are half a world away?

‘It’s going to be all over every book club in Britain before you can say Burundi’ THE TIMES

‘Full of the reality of hope and despair in everyone’s lives’ MIRANDA HART

‘This gem of a novel entertains and moves in equal measure’ DAILY MAIL

‘Keep the tissues close’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

‘An irresistible message of redemption and belonging’ RED magazine

‘Heartening and hopeful’ JESS KIDD, author of Things in Jars

‘Mesmerizingly beautiful’ SARAH HAYWOOD, author of The Cactus

‘An extraordinary masterpiece’ ANSTEY HARRIS, author of The Truths and Triumphs of Grace Atherton

‘Gutsy, endearing and entertaining’ DEBORAH ORR

‘Absolutely brilliant’ GAVIN EXTENCE, author of The Universe Versus Alex Wood
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Imprint:   The Borough Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 227mm,  Width: 159mm,  Spine: 35mm
Weight:   550g
ISBN:   9780008314156
ISBN 10:   0008314152
Pages:   384
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Joanna Glen read Spanish at the University of London, with a stint at the Faculty of Arts at Cordoba University in the south of Spain. She went on to teach Spanish and English to all ages, and, latterly, was a School Principal in London. She has edited a variety of non-fiction books, is a visiting lecturer, a communications coach and an adviser and trainer for schools. Joanna's short fiction has appeared in the Bath Flash Fiction Anthology. She lives with her husband and children on the River Thames in Battersea, returning to Andalusia whenever it gets too grey.

Reviews for The Other Half of Augusta Hope

`I found it both a mesmerizingly beautiful portrait of a young woman discovering what home means to her, and a poignant depiction of how our actions can touch other people's lives in ways we could never have anticipated. Augusta and Parfait are wonderful characters; I was willing them on to find the happiness and peace they both deserved' Sarah Haywood, author of The Cactus `The most gutsy, endearing and entertaining meditation on the meaning of human existence that you're ever likely to read' Deborah Orr


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