The Essex Serpent meets Ammonite in this compulsive tale of ambition, obsession and one woman's struggle for acceptance
Joanne Burn Book order
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
- 2018
Petals and Stones
- 288 pages
- 11 hours of reading
When Uma discovers her husband's infidelity just hours before his death, the carefully woven threads of her life begin to unravel. Struggling to manage the grief of those around her, she escapes to a remote cottage where she swims in the winter sea, cooks the Keralan dishes of her childhood and begins the search for her husband's lover.