Mrs Gaskell and Me by Nell Stevens - 9781509868216

Pan Macmillan

Mrs Gaskell and MeTwo Women, Two Love Stories, Two Centuries Apart\nAuthor(s): Nell Stevens\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Pan Macmillan, United Kingdom\nImprint: Picador\nISBN-13: 9781509868216, 978-1509868216\nSynopsis\nWinner of the 2019 Somerset Maugham Award\n\n'A great galloping joy of a book - funny, lyrical, fast paced, heart-warming a delicious celebration of love and life' Rebecca Stott, author of In the Days of Rain\n\nIn 1857, Elizabeth Gaskell set sail for Rome, a city that would prove to be a place of inspiration and love: she would make enduring friendships, and meet a man Charles Norton who would become the love of her life.\n\nIn 2013, Nell Stevens is writing about Mrs Gaskell in Rome, and falling drastically in love with a man who lives in another city altogether. As Nell chases her heart around the world, and as Mrs Gaskell forms the greatest connection of her life, these two women, though centuries apart, are drawn together, and for Nell, Mrs Gaskell becomes m.