A Cat, a Hat, and a Piece of String: a spellbinding collection of unforgettable short stories from Joanne...

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Joanne Harris

A Cat, a Hat, and a Piece of String

a spellbinding collection of unforgettable short stories from Joanne Harris, the bestselling...

Joanne Harris

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Black Swan
03 March 2014

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Short stories

A brilliant new collection of short stories from Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat and Peaches for Monsieur le Cure.

An enthralling and enchanting collection of short stories from the bestselling author of Chocolat and The Strawberry Thief... Perfect for fans of Kate Atkinson and Kate Mosse as well as readers of Eve Chase and Stacey Halls.

'A vibrant tombola of stories...' -- Time Out 'Strongly plotted and written in registers that are variously comical, sad and surreal...' - Independent

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* Stories are like Russian dolls; open them up, and in each one you'll find another story.

Come to the house where it is Christmas all year round; meet the ghost who lives on a Twitter timeline; be spooked by a newborn baby created with sugar, spice and lashings of cake.

Conjured from a wickedly imaginative pen, here is a new collection of short stories that showcases Joanne Harris's exceptional talent as a teller of tales, a spinner of yarns.

Sensuous, mischievous, uproarious and wry, here are tales that combine the everyday with the unexpected; wild fantasy with bittersweet reality.

By: Joanne Harris
Imprint: Black Swan
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 198g
ISBN: 9780552778794
ISBN 10: 0552778796
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 03 March 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Joanne Harris is the author of Chocolat (made into an Oscar-nominated film with Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp), and ten more bestselling novels. Her work is published in over fifty countries and has sold an estimated 30 million copies worldwide. Born in Barnsley, of an English father and a French mother, she studied Modern and Medieval Languages at Cambridge and spent fifteen years as a teacher before (somewhat reluctantly) becoming a full-time writer. She lives in Yorkshire with her family, plays bass in a band first formed when she was sixteen, works in a shed in her garden, likes musical theatre and old sci-fi, drinks rather too much caffeine, spends far too much time online and occasionally dreams of faking her own death and going to live in Hawaii. www.joanneharris.co.uk @joannechocolat

Reviews for A Cat, a Hat, and a Piece of String: a spellbinding collection of unforgettable short stories from Joanne Harris, the bestselling author of Chocolat

A vibrant tombola of stories...each a commute-friendly 20-or-so pages long. Time Out An excellent mix of stories - some dark and mysterious, others heart-warming and thought-provoking. Good Housekeeping (Reader Recommended) Harris is an intriguing writer, so this is worth a punt, if only to savour the seasonal horror of the story about a house where it's Christmas all year round. The Lady Strongly plotted and written in registers that are variously comical, sad and surreal...Best of all is 'Cookie', where delicious gluttony - Harris's forte - gathers a sharp note of menace. Independent Harris inhabits a world where fantasy and reality collide in a most inventive way to produce a series of delightful, bittersweet yarns. Bella