The Essex Serpent meets Ammonite in this compulsive tale of ambition, obsession and one woman's struggle for acceptance
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Joanne Burn, a lover of words and the wild outdoors, resides in the Peak District. There, she works as a writing coach and blogs about the joys and challenges of the creative process. Her debut novel, Petals and Stones, is a celebration of language and the untamed natural world.


- 2024
- 2022
The Hemlock Cure
- 336 pages
- 12 hours of reading
A glitteringly dark historical novel of love, persecution and survival, set against the backdrop of one of British history's most terrifying episodes