# Learned by Heart from by Emma Donoghue (Paperback)

**The heartbreaking story of the love of two women - Anne Lister, the real-life inspiration behind Gentleman Jack, and her first love, Eliza Raine - from the bestselling author of _Room_ and _The Wonder_.  
  
'A rich and spellbinding 19th-century story of forbidden love' - _The Independent_  
'Donoghue evokes a relationship that is convincing and exquisitely touching' - _The Guardian_**  
  
In 1805, at a boarding school in York, two fourteen-year-old girls first meet.  
  
Eliza Raine, the orphan daughter of an Indian mother, keeps herself apart from the other girls, tired of being picked out for being different. Anne Lister, a gifted troublemaker, is determined to conquer the world, refusing to bow to society's expectations of what a woman can do.  
  
As they fall in love, the connection they forge will remain with them for the rest of their lives.  
  
**Full of passion and heartbreak, evocative and wholly unique, _Learned by Heart_ is a beautiful and moving historical novel from acclaimed author Emma Donoghue.  
  
Shortlisted for the Atwood Gibson Prize**

## Details

- **Price:** 8.99 GBP
- **Vendor:** Pan Macmillan
- **Tags:** All Books, Historical Fiction, Romance

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