Three Things About Elsie

Joanna Cannon graduated from Leicester Medical School and worked as a hospital doctor, before specialising in psychiatry. Her first novel The Trouble With Goats and Sheep was a top ten bestseller in both hardback and paperback and was a Richard and Judy pick. She lives in the Peak District with her family and her dog.

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