The Sudden Appearance of Hope

North, Claire (pseudonym of Catherine Webb)

ISBN 10: 0356504522 / ISBN 13: 9780356504520

Published by Orbit, London, 2016

About this Item

Winner of the World Fantasy Award for best novel. The premise of the book is a girl named Hope who disappears from the memory of everyone she knows. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Claire North on the title page. Seller Inventory # 299819

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Sudden Appearance of Hope

Publisher: Orbit, London

Publication Date: 2016

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

My name is Hope Arden, and you won't know who I am. But we've met before - a thousand times.It started when I was sixteen years old.A father forgetting to drive me to school. A mother setting the table for three, not four. A friend who looks at me and sees a stranger.No matter what I do, the words I say, the crimes I commit, you will never remember who I am.That makes my life difficult. It also makes me dangerous.The Sudden Appearance of Hope is the tale of a girl no one remembers, yet her story will stay with you forever.

About the Author:

Claire North is a pseudonym for Catherine Webb, a Carnegie Medal-nominated author whose debut novel was written when she was just fourteen years old. She is fast establishing herself as one of the most powerful and imaginative voices in modern fiction. Her first book published under the Claire North pen name was The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, which became a word-of-mouth bestseller and was shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award. The follow-up Touch received widespread critical acclaim and was described by the Independent as 'little short of a masterpiece'. Her next novel The Sudden Appearance of Hope won the 2017 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, and her recent book The End of the Day has been shortlisted for the 2017 Sunday Times/PFD Young Writer of the Year Award. In addition to working on her next novel 84K, Claire is also one of three writers contributing to the upcoming Black Mirror book, which ties into Charlie Brooker's award-winning TV series. In between writing, Claire also works as a theatre lighting designer. She lives in London.