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The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
By (Author) Maggie O'Farrell
Headline Publishing Group
Tinder Press
10th June 2025
27th March 2025
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Historical fiction
Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss
Narrative theme: Interior life
823.92
Paperback
288
Width 128mm, Height 198mm, Spine 28mm
260g
Maggie O'Farrell is the author of HAMNET, Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020, and the memoir I AM, I AM, I AM, both Sunday Times no. 1 bestsellers. Her novels include AFTER YOU'D GONE, MY LOVER'S LOVER, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US, which won a Somerset Maugham Award, THE VANISHING ACT OF ESME LENNOX, THE HAND THAT FIRST HELD MINE, which won the 2010 Costa Novel Award, INSTRUCTIONS FOR A HEATWAVE, THIS MUST BE THE PLACE and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT, which was shortlisted for the Women's Prize. She is also the author of three books for children, WHERE SNOW ANGELS GO, THE BOY WHO LOST HIS SPARK and WHEN THE STAMMER CAME TO STAY. She lives in Edinburgh.