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***WINNER OF THE WORLD FANTASY AWARD***
***CLAIRE NORTH SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES / PFD YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD***
My name is Hope Arden. I am the girl the world forgets.
It started when I was sixteen years old.
A father forgetting to drive me to school. A mother setting the table for three, not four. A friend who looks at me and sees a stranger.
No matter what I do, the words I say, the crimes I commit – you will never remember who I am.
That makes my life tricky. It also makes me dangerous . . .
The Sudden Appearance of Hope is the tale of a girl no one remembers, yet her story will stay with you for ever.
Praise for Claire North:
‘North’s talent shines out’ Sunday Times
‘Little short of a masterpiece’ Independent
‘Poignant and intensely gripping’ Guardian
‘Well-paced, brilliant and balanced’ New York Times
‘Utterly readable, utterly believable and compelling . . . one of the fiction highlights of the decade’ Judy Finnigan, Richard and Judy Book Club
Also by Claire North:
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
Touch
The End of the Day
84K
The Gameshouse
The Pursuit of William Abbey
***CLAIRE NORTH SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES / PFD YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD***
My name is Hope Arden. I am the girl the world forgets.
It started when I was sixteen years old.
A father forgetting to drive me to school. A mother setting the table for three, not four. A friend who looks at me and sees a stranger.
No matter what I do, the words I say, the crimes I commit – you will never remember who I am.
That makes my life tricky. It also makes me dangerous . . .
The Sudden Appearance of Hope is the tale of a girl no one remembers, yet her story will stay with you for ever.
Praise for Claire North:
‘North’s talent shines out’ Sunday Times
‘Little short of a masterpiece’ Independent
‘Poignant and intensely gripping’ Guardian
‘Well-paced, brilliant and balanced’ New York Times
‘Utterly readable, utterly believable and compelling . . . one of the fiction highlights of the decade’ Judy Finnigan, Richard and Judy Book Club
Also by Claire North:
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
Touch
The End of the Day
84K
The Gameshouse
The Pursuit of William Abbey
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Reviews
Beautifully written, with a protagonist who is both tragic and heroic, the novel is remarkably powerful and deeply memorable, the latest in a string of terrific books from this newly emerged star in the genre-blending universe
Claire North's writing is terrific, smart and entertaining
This is a book which is incredibly compelling, and incredibly heartbreaking at times. I could not put it down
Smart, compelling . . . Hope [is] the perfect foil for a world where your identity gets rendered in increasingly indelible digital ink
Wonderful
Claire North is a true original, a master of ingenious plotting and feats of imagination
Well-paced, brilliant and balanced
Fantastic
Startlingly original
Claire North is a true original, a master of ingenious plotting and feats of imagination