Joe Heap

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The Rules of Seeing

Die Welt in allen Farben

Winner of the Debut Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2019 When you make eye contact, when you hold someone's gaze, it's the closest thing to knowing you're not alone in the world. 'This year's Eleanor Oliphant' Claire Allan 'Astonishing' Ruth Hogan

'An utterly compelling blend of tenderness and menace, The Rules of Seeing is an astonishing debut' Ruth Hogan, The Keeper of Lost ThingsWhat you see depends on what you're looking for...Nova, an interpreter for the Metropolitan police, has been blind from birth. When she undergoes surgery to restore her sight her journey is just beginning - she now has to face a world in full colour for the first time. Kate, a successful architect and wife to Tony, is in hospital after a blow to the head. There, she meets Nova and what starts as a beautiful friendship soon turns into something more.Nuanced and full of emotion, The Rules of Seeing poignantly explores the realities and tensions of a woman seeing the world for the first time - the highs and lows, the good and bad.This devastatingly good debut will open your eyes and force you to see the world differently in the very best way.

‘The sheer definition of a page-turner’ Reader review ‘A truly original, bittersweet tale of life, loss and enduring love that had me completely hooked. A treasure of a book!’ Sunday Times bestseller, Ruth Hogan ‘Stunning, stunning, stunning’ Anstey Harris

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