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Jane Harris

    January 1, 1961

    Jane Harris crafts compelling narratives that delve into the complexities of human connection and identity. Her distinctive prose captures the subtle nuances of everyday life, offering profound insights into the characters' inner worlds. Harris frequently explores themes of loss, memory, and the search for meaning amidst challenging circumstances, as her characters grapple with their pasts and strive to define their place in the world. Her work is celebrated for its emotional depth and literary artistry.

    The observations
    Sugar Money
    Gillespie and I
    A Mother Never Lies
    Digital Visions for Fashion and Textiles
    Every Little Secret
    • 'Tense and tightly plotted with a killer twist' Louise Jensen, author of The Intruders

      The Night She Dies2024
    • 'A fast-paced, twisty story . . . A thrilling read' Catherine Cooper, bestselling author of The Chalet

      Every Little Secret2022
      4.2
    • A Mother Never Lies

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      'Tense, suspenseful and an amazing ending. One of the best books I have read this year.' NetGalley reviewer, SOME TRUTHS CAN'T BE TOLD.

      A Mother Never Lies2021
      4.1
    • Sugar Money

      • 464 pages
      • 17 hours of reading

      Harris' rollicking yet delicate narrative pitch set the book apart ... [The Observations is] a true one-off. Joanna Briscoe Guardian

      Sugar Money2018
      3.7
    • I narratori delle tavole: I Gillespie

      • 508 pages
      • 18 hours of reading

      Nella primavera del 1888, dopo la morte della zia, Harriet Baxter, trentacinquenne nubile con una piccola rendita, decide di lasciare Londra per Glasgow. In un anno di fervore artistico, coincidente con l'Esposizione Internazionale, Harriet si immerge nella vita vibrante della città, attirata non tanto dai festeggiamenti quanto dalle strade affollate. Durante una passeggiata, soccorre una signora anziana, ricevendo in cambio un invito a casa dei Gillespie, una famiglia di modeste condizioni. Qui incontra Elspeth, la madre esuberante, Mabel, la figlia amareggiata, Kenneth, il figlio affascinante ma tormentato, e Annie, la moglie che lotta con le difficoltà quotidiane e una vocazione artistica irrisolta. Al centro di questo microcosmo c'è Ned Gillespie, un giovane pittore talentuoso ma in difficoltà, che colpisce profondamente Harriet. La sua convinzione di dover salvare Ned dalla povertà e dalla sua famiglia diventa una missione, trasformandosi in un'ossessione che porterà inevitabilmente a conseguenze tragiche. La determinazione di Harriet di liberare Ned dalla sua indigenza e dalle pressioni familiari segnerà il corso della sua vita e di quella del pittore, in un intreccio di destini che esplora il confine tra altruismo e ossessione.

      I narratori delle tavole: I Gillespie2012
    • The invention of the Jacquard loom in eighteenth-century France paved the way for computing and revolutionary change. This title considers how computing has reinvented image, material and structural processes, highlighting newly advancing 2D, 3D and interactive output.

      Digital Visions for Fashion and Textiles2012
      4.0
    • Gillespie and I

      • 504 pages
      • 18 hours of reading

      From the award-winning author of The Observations comes a beautifully conjured and wickedly sharp tale of art and deception in nineteenth-century Scotland. As she sits in her Bloomsbury home with her two pet birds for company, elderly Harriet Baxter recounts the story of her friendship with Ned Gillespie—a talented artist whose life came to a tragic end before he ever achieved the fame and recognition that Harriet maintains he deserved. In 1888, young Harriet arrives in Glasgow during the International Exhibition. After a chance encounter with Ned, she befriends the Gillespie family and soon becomes a fixture in their lives. But when tragedy strikes, culminating in a notorious criminal trial, the certainty of Harriet’s new world rapidly spirals into suspicion and despair. Infused with rich period detail, shot through with sly humor, and featuring a memorable cast of characters, Gillespie and I is an absorbing, atmospheric tale of one young woman’s friendship with a volatile artist and her place in the controversy that consumes him—a tour de force from one of the emerging names of modern fiction.

      Gillespie and I2012
      3.8
    • La Servante insoumise

      • 475 pages
      • 17 hours of reading

      Libro usado en buenas condiciones, por su antiguedad podria contener señales normales de uso

      La Servante insoumise2008
    • The observations

      • 432 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      A darkly humorous and intriguing story of one woman's journey from a difficult past into an even more disturbing present.

      The observations2006
      3.6