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From the author of STILL LIFE, TIN MAN and WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT.

‘Will stand the test of time’ Irish Examiner
‘Beautiful prose that ebbs and flows’ Independent
‘A Year of Marvellous Ways is like Dylan Thomas given a sexy rewrite by Angela Carter’
Patrick Gale

This is a story about Marvellous Ways, an eighty-nine-year-old woman who lives alone in a remote Cornish creek, spending her days sitting by the river, peering through a telescope. And it’s about Francis Drake, a young soldier who washes up in her creek, shattered by war and broken-hearted. It’s about the magic in everyday life and the lure of the sea, the healing powers of storytelling and sloe gin, love and death, and how we carry on when grief comes snapping at our heels.

Publisher Review

What struck me was Winman's gorgeous imagery, beautiful passages and imaginative storytelling. Quirky and slightly hairbrained, A Year of Marvellous Ways is an unforgettable book * Mitford Society Summer Reads * What struck me was Winman's gorgeous imagery, beautiful passages and imaginative storytelling. Quirky and slightly hairbrained, A Year of Marvellous Ways is an unforgettable book * Mitford Society Summer Reads * The stories are touching and the twist of magical realism lends them a joyful, fairytale element * Daily Record * The stories are touching and the twist of magical realism lends them a joyful, fairytale element * Daily Record * She is particularly good at bringing the sensations of landscape to bear - its smell, sound and look - and in Marvellous has created a character of warmth and eccentricity * Metro * She is particularly good at bringing the sensations of landscape to bear - its smell, sound and look - and in Marvellous has created a character of warmth and eccentricity * Metro * A breathtaking reading experience... a beautiful book that is unafraid to reveal the ugliness of the world * Toronto Star * A breathtaking reading experience... a beautiful book that is unafraid to reveal the ugliness of the world * Toronto Star * A truly enchanting book * Irish Times * A truly enchanting book * Irish Times * A book to savour, to read in wonderful, rich little bits like dark chocolate. Winman's prose is poetry, with a rhythm, a heartbeat, that carries you through like music -- Emma Hooper, author of ETTA AND OTTO AND RUSSELL AND JAMES A book to savour, to read in wonderful, rich little bits like dark chocolate. Winman's prose is poetry, with a rhythm, a heartbeat, that carries you through like music -- Emma Hooper, author of ETTA AND OTTO AND RUSSELL AND JAMES The sense of magic infused through the novel casts a spell over the reader that makes you not want to put the book down until you've turned the final page -- Hannah Beckerman, author of THE DEAD WIFE'S HANDBOOK The sense of magic infused through the novel casts a spell over the reader that makes you not want to put the book down until you've turned the final page -- Hannah Beckerman, author of THE DEAD WIFE'S HANDBOOK The book demonstrates vividly how we need family around us, whether homegrown or grafted, to live our fullest lives... By the end of this novel, we too belong in the world of Marvellous Ways * Sunday Express, S Magazine * The book demonstrates vividly how we need family around us, whether homegrown or grafted, to live our fullest lives... By the end of this novel, we too belong in the world of Marvellous Ways * Sunday Express, S Magazine * In this warm, kindly novel, the sea is both magical and healing. Lovely * The Times * In this warm, kindly novel, the sea is both magical and healing. Lovely * The Times * A gripping waiting game ... The novel's surprising denouement is also well worth the wait * Observer * A gripping waiting game ... The novel's surprising denouement is also well worth the wait * Observer * Yet again Sarah Winman has written a beautiful, beautiful novel. A Year of Marvellous Ways will hypnotise, seduce, until you can do nothing but pick it up and read it again -- Tiffany Murray, author of DIAMOND STAR HALO and SUGAR HALL Yet again Sarah Winman has written a beautiful, beautiful novel. A Year of Marvellous Ways will hypnotise, seduce, until you can do nothing but pick it up and read it again -- Tiffany Murray, author of DIAMOND STAR HALO and SUGAR HALL A glorious poem of a novel - a story to read slowly and to marvel at the beauty of it -- Rosamund Lupton, author of SISTER A glorious poem of a novel - a story to read slowly and to marvel at the beauty of it -- Rosamund Lupton, author of SISTER A Year of Marvellous Ways is like Dylan Thomas given a sexy rewrite by Angela Carter -- Patrick Gale, author of A PLACE CALLED WINTER A Year of Marvellous Ways is like Dylan Thomas given a sexy rewrite by Angela Carter -- Patrick Gale, author of A PLACE CALLED WINTER Moving... offbeat and memorable * Woman & Home * Moving... offbeat and memorable * Woman & Home * A lavish and clever read which will stand the test of time * Irish Examiner * A lavish and clever read which will stand the test of time * Irish Examiner * One to read slowly so you can savour every beautiful sentence * Good Housekeeping (Book of the Month) * One to read slowly so you can savour every beautiful sentence * Good Housekeeping (Book of the Month) * Beautifully written * Sun on Sunday, Fabulous Magazine * Beautifully written * Sun on Sunday, Fabulous Magazine * Winman excels in her sweeping prose and her unwavering theme of love in all its forms * Stylist * Winman excels in her sweeping prose and her unwavering theme of love in all its forms * Stylist * Fanciful imagery and beautiful prose that ebbs and flows * Independent * Fanciful imagery and beautiful prose that ebbs and flows * Independent *