Why read A Year of Marvellous Ways?

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Book description

A YEAR OF MARVELLOUS WAYS is the unforgettable and completely captivating new novel from Sarah Winman, author of the international bestseller WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT.

Marvellous Ways is eighty-nine years old and has lived alone in a remote Cornish creek for nearly all her life. Lately she's taken to…

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Cornwall

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Literary fiction

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Why read it?

2 authors picked A Year of Marvellous Ways as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Gail Nyoka

Author

The writing was beautiful and there were surprises in the story line.

From Gail's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Anna Chorlton

Author

Ninety-year-old Marvellous is a river goddess, her whole being is immersed in a Cornish creek, she lives in a caravan beside the water and loves a swim.

Marvellous lives on in my imagination. Nature is an organic part of the novel, time and seasons move with the tide; the reader knows it is spring because the ransoms (wild garlic) are out. I love rivers, they wind their way into my own writing, West Looe River is often my muse as a poet.

I met Sarah Winman when I stumbled upon her book signing at my local bookshop. I only had…

From Anna's list on The best books capturing the magic of Cornwall.