Sarah Winman Books

1944, in the ruined wine cellar of a Tuscan villa, as bombs fall around them, two strangers meet and share an extraordinary evening. Ulysses Temper is a young British soldier, Evelyn Skinner is a sexagenarian art historian and possible spy. She has come to Italy to salvage paintings from the wreckage and relive memories of the time she encountered EM Forster and had her heart stolen by an Italian maid in a particular Florentine room with a view. Evelyn's talk of truth and beauty plants a seed in Ulysses' mind that will shape the trajectory of his life - and of those who love him - for the next four decades.

The writing is powerful and yet understated, whether in Winman's observations about relationships or her evocations of landscapes. With her skilful command of language and deep emotional insight, Winman has produced in the exquisitely crafted Tin Man her best novel to date. Observer

Sarah Winman's bestselling, critically-acclaimed debut novel WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT continues to captivate and enchant readers. The Sunday Times bestseller This is a book about a brother and sister. It's a book about childhood and growing up, friendships and families, triumph and tragedy and everything in between. More than anything, it's a book about love in all its forms.

Cornwall, 1947. Marvellous Ways is a ninety-year-old woman who's lived alone in a remote creek for nearly all her life. Recently she's taken to spending her days sitting on a mooring stone by the river with a telescope. She's waiting for something - she's not sure what, but she'll know it when she sees it. Drake is a young soldier left reeling by the war. He's agreed to fulfil a dying man's last wish and hand-deliver a letter to the man's father in Cornwall. But Drake's journey doesn't go to plan, and sees him literally wash up in Marvellous' creek, broken in body and spirit. When Marvellous comes to his aid, an unlikely friendship grows between the two. Can Drake give Marvellous what she needs to say goodbye to the world, and can she give him what he needs to go on?

Manchmal schenkt einem das Leben eine unerwartete Freundschaft ... Cornwall, 1947. Marvellous Ways und Freddy Drake könnten unterschiedlicher nicht sein. Doch das Schicksal führt die neunzigjährige Frau und den jungen Soldaten zusammen, denn Freddy, der einem im Sterben liegenden Freund versprochen hat, dessen Vater einen letzten Brief nach Cornwall zu bringen, landet unversehens bei Marvellous in ihrer selbsterwählten Einsamkeit. Sie nimmt den körperlich wie seelisch gebrochenen Mann bei sich auf, und eine unerwartete Freundschaft nimmt ihren Anfang. Wird Freddy Marvellous das geben können, was sie braucht, um dieser Welt auf Wiedersehen zu sagen? Und kann sie ihm geben, was er braucht, um weiterzumachen?