02429cam a2200493 i 4500 1236694594 TxAuBib 20230919120000.0 230302s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023934535 9780316564434 hardcover 0316564435 hardcover TxAuBib rda Donoghue, Emma, 1969-, author. Learned by heart / Emma Donoghue. First edition. New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2023. ©2023. 323 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier A heartbreakingly gorgeous novel based on the true story of two girls who fall secretly, deeply, and dangerously in love at boarding school in 19th century York, from the bestselling author of Room and The Wonder. Drawing on years of investigation and Anne Lister's five-million-word secret journal, Learned by Heart is the long-buried love story of Eliza Raine, an orphan heiress banished from India to England at age six, and Anne Lister, a brilliant, troublesome tomboy, who meet at the Manor School for young ladies in York in 1805 when they are both fourteen. Emotionally intense, psychologically compelling, and deeply researched, Learned by Heart is an extraordinary work of fiction by one of the world's greatest storytellers. Full of passion and heartbreak, the tangled lives of Anne Lister and Eliza Raine form a love story for the ages. 20230919. Lister, Anne 1791-1840 Fiction. Raine, Eliza 1791-1860 Fiction. Boarding schools Fiction. Interpersonal relations Fiction. Lesbian teenagers Fiction. Racially mixed people Fiction. Lesbians Fiction. LGBTQ+ people Fiction. Mental illness Fiction. Historical fiction. York (England) Social life and customs 19th century Fiction. York (England) History 19th century Fiction. LGBTQ+ fiction. Lesbian fiction. Bildungsromans. School fiction. Biographical fiction. Romance fiction. Novels.