Overview
“[A] wonderfully wise and compellingly readable tale of love and friendship in all their forms…. A remarkable first novel, worth savoring.” ―Booklist (starred review)
Eleanor Maud doesn’t believe God loves her, so she decides she must find someone, something, that does. From Elly’s wide-eyed childhood in 1970s England to New York City on the eve of 9/11, she moves through innocence, discovery, heartbreak, and resilience alongside her brother Joe, her stalwart companion through every upheaval, and her best friend Jenny Penny, who binds Elly in a fierce but complicated friendship. Funny, tender, and almost unbearably moving, Sarah Winman’s debut novel, When God Was a Rabbit, captures the strange work of growing up and the kinds of love that endure – between siblings, friends, the selves we once were, and the ones we are destined to become.
Eleanor Maud doesn’t believe God loves her, so she decides she must find someone, something, that does. From Elly’s wide-eyed childhood in 1970s England to New York City on the eve of 9/11, she moves through innocence, discovery, heartbreak, and resilience alongside her brother Joe, her stalwart companion through every upheaval, and her best friend Jenny Penny, who binds Elly in a fierce but complicated friendship. Funny, tender, and almost unbearably moving, Sarah Winman’s debut novel, When God Was a Rabbit, captures the strange work of growing up and the kinds of love that endure – between siblings, friends, the selves we once were, and the ones we are destined to become.
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