The Art of Leaving - Brossura

"Stothard gets her talons into you... read it for its beguiling heroine and sparky prose." --Tatler

"A stunningly accurate and chilling account of the acquiring of emotional wisdom, with vividly drawn characters." --Kate Saunders, The Saturday Times

"The characters developed throughout the story, and each one was so engaging that you wanted to get to know them better... Stothard's style of writing moves the story on effectively." --Newbooks Magazine

"A runaway success for Anna Stothard" --London Evening Standard

"Anna Stothard's third novel cements her place as one of Britain's best young authors... Stothard's lush, dreamy prose is given full rein during Eva's frequent flights of fancy." -- Literary Review

"A witty, beguiling and increasingly poignant novel about the scars - physical and psychological - that make us who we are, and about the messy business of love and loss." --The Lady

"The great strength of this book is the lovely London atmosphere; Regents Park, Fitzrovia, the winding streets of Soho, all of which Anna describes so well." --The Daily Mail

"A runaway success for Anna Stothard" --London Evening Standard

"The characters developed throughout the story, and each one was so engaging that you wanted to get to know them better... Stothard's style of writing moves the story on effectively." --Newbooks Magazine

Anna Stothard is the author of The Pink Hotel, which was widely acclaimed, longlisted for the Orange Prize 2012, and is slated to be the basis of a film directed by Anna Paquin. She is a freelance journalist who writes travel articles for the Observer and the Guardian as well as other features for magazines and newspapers.