{"product_id":"9780008255077","title":"An Unlikely Visitor","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Cannon, Joanna \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 4 June 2026 by HarperCollins Publishers (The Borough Press) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 336 pages\u003cbr\u003e241 x 162 x 30 | 516g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Moving, funny, compassionate and wise. An Unlikely Visitor made me laugh, cry and left me filled with hope’ ELIZABETH DAY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'A perfect book for today’s world’ SARAH WINMAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Heartbreaking, life-affirming and funny all at the same time’ JANE FALLON\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  MARGARET THINKS HER TIME IS UP… BUT MAYBE HER TIME IS NOW?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThings have been hard since her husband Derek died, and they never really got over the disappearance of their daughter, Jeanie, all those years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Despite everything, they built a lovely life together… it’s just starting to feel impossible for Margaret on her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Then one day, Margaret returns home to an unlikely visi­tor, and together they set out to discover what really hap­pened to Jeanie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Perhaps if you knock on enough doors, you might find another end to your story…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It's not always about the destination… join Joanna Cannon's readers on a profoundly moving emotional journey:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A book that invites you to slow down… will leave you feeling both tearful and inspired'????? Reader Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Wonderfully comforting' ????? Reader Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'This is a wonderful book, and it will stay with me for a very long time'????? Reader Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Tender and poignant'????? Reader Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'I laughed and cried and could not put the book down'????? Reader Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'A very special book that will have the reader crying, laughing… and feeling every other possible emotion'????? Reader Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e More praise for Joanna Cannon:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘An Unlikely Visitor feels like a surreal collaboration between Alan Bennett, Alice Sebold, and a Derbyshire Elizabeth Strout’ PATRICK GALE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘In An Unlikely Visitor Joanna Cannon treats weighty subjects – grief, loss, victimhood – with a light touch and her characteristic compassion and humour’ CLARE CHAMBERS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Emotional, sweet, funny, hauntingly sad and poignant’ SARA COX\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Lovely, lovely, lovely… Sue Townsend meets Kate Atkinson meets Nina Stibbe’ MARIAN KEYES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘An utter delight’ SARAH WINMAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘A joy and a triumph’ RACHEL JOYCE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Charming, wise and profoundly human’ ERIN KELLY\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58241226473853,"sku":"9780008255077","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9780008255077.jpg?v=1780404649","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.com\/products\/9780008255077","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}