Anna Stothard

A daughter tries to piece together her estranged, deceased mother's life in search of her true self through a suitcase full of clothes, letters and photographs that combine to depict a reckless but fascinating history. Original.

A Novel

The Pink Hotel

A tale of finding love in the most unlikely places, 'The Pink Hotel' describes the life of a 17-year-old girl who leaves London for Los Angeles to attend the funeral of her estranged mother.

From the author of the Orange Prize long-listed, The Pink HotelCathy is a young woman who escapes her feral childhood in a rundown chalet on the East coast of England to become a curator of natural history in Berlin. Although seemingly liberated from her destructive past, she commemorates her most significant memories and love affairs âe" one savage, one innocent, one full of potential âe" in a collection of objects that form a bizarre museum of her life. When an old lover turns up at a masked party at Berlinâe(tm)s natural history museum and events take a terrifying turn, Cathy must confront their shared secrets in order to protect her future. This is an exquisitely crafted, rare and original work.

The Museum of Cathy

Jemanden verlassen zu können ist eine Kunst, welche die Lektorin Eva Elliot bisher perfekt beherrschte. Doch als im regnerischen Londoner Sommer die mysteriöse Grace auftaucht, ist das, was sie am besten kann, auf einmal unmöglich.

Die Kunst, Schluss zu machen

Sommer, Sonne, Kalifornien – sie ist 17, als sie in London vom Tod ihrer Mutter erfährt, die sie nie gekannt hat. Mit einer Handvoll Briefe und Fotos macht sie sich in Los Angeles auf die Suche nach dem Menschen, der ihre Mutter gewesen ist – und findet Unglaubliches sowie ihre erste Liebe. Ein aufregendes Debüt."

Pink Hotel

Leaving has always come naturally to Eva Elliott. The daughter of a pilot, she spent her childhood leaving schools and cities. Now an adult, she enjoys the thrill of saying goodbye much more than the butterflies of a first smile or kiss. There's so much more potential in walking away, and Eva has always had a dangerously vivid imagination. During a rainy summer in Soho, when she becomes fascinated by a golden eagle that has escaped London Zoo to prowl the city, and a beguiling stranger begins appearing around town armed with a conspiratorial smile and a secret, Eva discovers that endings just aren't as easy as they used to be. Is it a flirtation playing out among the crumbling offices, clubs, and alleys of Soho, or something much darker?

The Art of Leaving

Anna Stothard reveals that love has its fault lines and freedom comes at a price... Leaving comes naturally to Eva Elliott; she enjoys the thrill of saying goodbye much more than the butterflies of a first smile or kiss. There's so much more potential in walking away, and Eva has a dangerously vivid imagination. During a rainy summer in London, where Eva lives in a rackety Soho flat with her boyfriend, she dreams of exit strategies. When a beguiling stranger called Grace turns up in Eva s life armed with a conspiratorial smile and an unsettling secret, Eva is left unsure what is in her head and what is reality.

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