{"product_id":"circle-of-wonders-an-extraordinary-novel-of-awe-and-wonder-perfect-for-readers-of-charlotte-wood-clare-keegan-and-andrew-ohagan-9781460768051","title":"Circle of Wonders: An extraordinary novel of awe and wonder perfect for readers of Charlotte Wood, Clare Keegan and Andrew O'Hagan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom acclaimed writer Kathryn Heyman comes a luminously beautiful and personal novel, \u003cem\u003eCircle of Wonders\u003c\/em\u003e. It is the story of two deaths, but more importantly, it is the story of the legacy of life that flows from them - an uplifting celebratory song to life, and a homage to human resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eRoni is running out of time. As cancer claims her body, she begins a Book of Wonders, capturing the small, luminous moments she once overlooked. It's a final gift to the people she loves, and completing it means reckoning with both the flawed life she has lived and the fractured family she's about to leave behind. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver one charged lunar month, the women closest to her gather: Belle, her daughter, fresh from rehab and trying to stay upright; Anna, her brilliant sister, returning from London with all her old certainties cracking; and Sylvie, her estranged mother, approaching her own death across the mountain ridge. Meanwhile, Roni's ex - the Drone, as she's dubbed him - refuses to leave the house, casting shade on the light Roni is fighting to keep burning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExtraordinary, luminous and heart-expanding, \u003cem\u003eCircle of Wonders \u003c\/em\u003eis about facing death while rediscovering life, and about the messy grace that emerges when people who've hurt one another still choose to love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003cem\u003eCIRCLE OF WONDERS\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A novel that offers guidance, solace, and new models for living and dying' \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Heyman is a talented author and a brilliant observer of the world ... Despite focusing on death, this is a novel that truly celebrates life and all the trials and tribulations that come with it. It's messy, vulnerable, heavy yet light-hearted, tender and deeply human ...  a truly intimate and detailed reimagination of life, death, and what awaits us beyond it. A must-read for anyone who has lost a loved one' \u003cem\u003eThe Australian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A precious jewellery box of language, bravely capturing the imperfection of being human and probing the mysteries of what matters most - this courageous novel glitters with wonder itself' Suzie Miller, \u003cem\u003ePrima Facie\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Wondrous. Kathryn Heyman has mined the depths of human frailty and hit a seam of gold. Beautifully written, full of life and love, acceptance and forgiveness. I couldn't put it down' Pip Williams, \u003cem\u003eThe Bookbinder of Jericho\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Beautiful and devastating. Luminous with death - and life. \u003cem\u003eCircle of Wonders \u003c\/em\u003eobserves the complicated bonds of friendship and family among women, with a wisdom and tenderness that is deeply observed. It is a novel of wild power that reminds me of Katherine Mansfield and Claire Keegan. I gulped it in a day, then ached that it was over' Nikki Gemmell, \u003cem\u003eWing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'It is breathtaking, ruthless and healing.  Beautiful and profoundly moving and riveting. I think this will be a very important book.  And enormously meaningful to many people.  What a gift' Jaclyn Moriarty, \u003cem\u003eGravity is the Thing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A beautifully observed, funny and tender novel about letting love in, and letting love go' Anna Funder, \u003cem\u003eWifedom\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The most seriously human book I've read in ages, a novel of deep courage and beauty, a serious act of witness to friendship, complexity, and the everyday wonders that sustain us' Chris Cleave, \u003cem\u003eLittle Bee\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A bright flare. Heyman's writing makes us look up and savour life' Chloe Hooper, T\u003cem\u003ehe Mushroom Tapes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781460768051\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 31 Mar 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: New South Wales, Australia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 23.5(H)x15.4(L)x2(W)317\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 317\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eKATHRYN HEYMAN is the author of six novels, including Storm and Grace, published by Allen and Unwin in February 2017. She has won numerous awards including an Arts Council of England Writers Award, the Wingate and the Southern Arts Awards, and been nominated for the Orange Prize, the Scottish Writer of the Year Award, the Edinburgh Fringe Critics' Awards, the Kibble Prize, and the West Australian Premier's Book Awards. Her radio plays for BBC Radio include adaptations of her own work. 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