Three Things About Elsie
The Sunday Times Bestseller
‘Lovely, lovely, lovely… Sue Townsend meets Kate Atkinson meets Nina Stibbe’ MARIAN KEYES
‘Powerful and profound’ Guardian
‘Another sure-fire hit’ Daily Mail
‘Funny, melancholy, acutely observant’ Sunday Express
‘Cannon is so attuned to other people’s stories… a chronicler both of the human condition and the quotidian details which speak to who we are’ Guardian
84-year-old Florence has fallen in her flat at Cherry Tree Home for the Elderly. As she waits to be rescued, she considers the charming new resident who looks exactly like a man she once knew – a man who died sixty years ago. His arrival has stirred distant memories she and Elsie thought they’d laid to rest. Lying prone in the front room, Florence wonders if a terrible secret from her past is about to come to light …
Praise for Three Things About Elsie: -
”'Compassionate, thoughtful and tender, it is a novel exploring the pain of nostalgia and personal truths so painful we hide them even from ourselves” - HANNAH BECKERMAN, Observer
”'A tale of ordinary lives and buried secrets … a well-written, entertaining, effortless read with some arresting insights” - Mail on Sunday
”'Charming, wise and profoundly human. I lived every page of this book” - ERIN KELLY
”'Powerful and profound” - Guardian
”'Irresistibly good-hearted … captivating” - Telegraph
”'Another sure-fire hit for Cannon … abounds with Alan Bennett-esque humour, as well as heart-wrenching sadness” - Daily Mail
”'Emotional, sweet, funny, hauntingly sad and poignant. I loved it” - DJ Sara Cox, Stella
”'Funny, melancholy, acutely observant … your heart will finally crack in two on the last page” - Sunday Express
”'A warm, wise novel - brilliantly entertaining - that also manages to be a timely and profound take on ageing. I loved it” - KATE HAMER
”'Light yet heartbreaking, a joy to read” - i Newspaper
”'Funny, touching, and peppered with astute observations … a future classic” - CLARE MACKINTOSH, author of I Let You Go
”'[Cannon] conveys the legion indignities of overlooked old age with touching perception” - Sunday Times Culture
”'A moving, bittersweet story” - Good Housekeeping
”'Cannon is on her way to becoming a national treasure - no one does quirky, funny and soul-searing the way she does” - Emerald Street
”'Poignant, witty and original” - Woman & Home
”'More brilliant, generous storytelling… (a) funny, melancholic tale” - Psychologies