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An Unlikely Visitor

Joanna Cannon author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers

Publishing:4th Jun '26

£18.99

This title is due to be published on 4th June, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

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The funny and poignant new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling and Women’s Prize longlisted author

Praise for Joanna Cannon:

‘Emotional, sweet, funny, hauntingly sad and poignant’ SARA COX

‘Lovely, lovely, lovely… Sue Townsend meets Kate Atkinson meets Nina Stibbe’ MARIAN KEYES

‘An utter delight’ SARAH WINMAN

‘A joy and a triumph’ RACHEL JOYCE

‘Charming, wise and profoundly human’ ERIN KELLY

Margaret thinks her time is up…

Things have been hard since her husband Derek died, and they never really got over the disappearance of their daughter, Jeanie, all those years ago.

Despite everything, they built a lovely life together… it’s just starting to feel impossible for Margaret on her own.

But maybe her time is now?

Then one day, Margaret returns home to an unlikely visi­tor, and together they set out to discover what really hap­pened to Jeanie.

Perhaps if you knock on enough doors, you might find another end to your story…

Praise for Joanna Cannon:

‘Lovely, lovely, lovely… Sue Townsend meets Kate Atkinson meets Nina Stibbe’ MARIAN KEYES

‘A chronicler both of the human condition and the quotidian details which speak to who we are’ GUARDIAN

‘Irresistibly good-hearted’ DAILY TELEGRAPH

‘Funny, melancholy, acutely observant’ SUNDAY EXPRESS

‘Compassionate, thoughtful and tender’ OBSERVER

ISBN: 9780008255077

Dimensions: 240mm x 159mm x 21mm

Weight: 270g

400 pages