They Rang Up the Police by Joanna Cannan Review
LoveReading Expert Review of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep
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The title refers to a Bible quote and 2 10-year quondam girls are profoundly mystified as to its meaning and where to find God. They spend the hot summer of 1976 looking for answers. Ready in a small-scale town housing manor, the girls' artery is a shut-knit community of decorated bodies. They all know everyone else's business, they all take secrets they are trying to hide. Beautifully told in multi commencement-person narratives and nipping in and out of several houses, many of these secrets are drip-fed to us. At its heart is the disappearance of Mrs Creasy from No 8 and the neighbours ostracising Walter Bishop from No eleven whose house mysteriously burnt in 1967. Then there was the "taking of a baby" in the same twelvemonth. All these mysteries and more bounce round the houses in a charming tale of ordinary folk sweltering in the estrus. I loved it. ~ Sarah Broadhurst
Shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Fiction and Breakthrough Author Award 2016.
Longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2016.
The Trouble with Goats and Sheep Synopsis
England,1976. Mrs Creasy is missing and The Avenue is alive with whispers. As the summertime shimmers endlessly on, ten-year-olds Grace and Tilly decide to take matters into their own easily. And as the cul-de-sac starts giving up its secrets, the amateur detectives volition find much more than they imagined...
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The Problem with Goats and Sheep Reader Reviews
In addition to our expert opinion, a small number of our Lovereading reader review panel members were lucky enough to be invited to review this championship. You tin can read the full reviews here.
- Zarina - 'This is a tranquility read that packs a powerful punch behind each thoughtful judgement, creating an eloquent and thought-provoking novel, which will undoubtedly stir up many conversations in 2016.'
- Carolyn Huckfield - 'Life behind the curtains in a typical suburban artery can throw up secrets and lies that affect neighbours and friends alike in this funny and sometimes moving story.'
- Angela O'Donovan - 'A wonderful, wonderful read. I was hooked from the first page and taken back to that long hot summer...'
- Manisha - 'I really enjoyed it and would say it is one of the best books that I have read this year. I couldn't put it down.'
- Ann Peet - 'Delightful debut novel - a mysterious disappearance, an artery of hidden secrets, two young girls finding out about the globe of adults - terrific.'
- Linda Hill - 'Perfect writing packed with emotion, this is going to exist THE success of 2016. The Problem with Goats and Sheep is a cute, comical, pitiful, and utterly, utterly wonderful tale of humanity. Joanna Cannon has touched my centre with her novel.'
- Anne Cater - 'At that place are passages, sometimes just a line, that make the reader stop & re-read, purely to delight in the way that that the words are put together. This is an ambitious story, but also a beautiful one.'
- Sarah Harper - 'With heart-warming sense of humour and groovy observation, this fantastic story volition stay with you long later the last page.'
- Mary Chapman - 'From page one I loved the book; it'southward quirky, old fashioned, never slow, written beautifully and the vocalization of Grace very existent and believable. I was totally engrossed with the story right to the end.'
- Marjorie Lacey - 'Joanna has written a charming book and given us an insight as to what goes on behind the closed doors. Nosotros felt despair, of them and their behaviour, frustrated by them merely feeling sorry for them at the aforementioned time.'
- Gill Wilmott - 'The author has a wonderful plough of phrase, sometimes yous stop and read a passage again but for the joy of the wording. I wanted it to just proceed and on.'
- Cathy Modest - 'Information technology is quite a low-cal hearted book with two girls trying to find out what happened to Mrs Creasy...as they ask effectually the subconscious secrets start to reveal themselves showing vulnerability and the truth. '
- Kathy Howell - 'This is a really gentle, lovely read...I really enjoyed reading this book and would recommend it to others.'
- Rebecca Cockeram - 'An absolutely delightful book almost friendship, secrets and lies...I couldn't take loved this more.'
- Claire Nethercoat - 'Sitting down and reading this volume has been great. Each fourth dimension I have picked it up I have been immersed to some other time.'
- Janet Lambert - 'With the flavor of angel delight, choice and mix and custard creams and the audio of Hilda Ogden on Tv in the background we are transported dorsum in fourth dimension watching the mystery of a missing adult female unravel everybody'due south secrets.'
- Catherine Price - 'There are secrets and lies backside every door on The Avenue. And when Margaret Creasy disappears, every neighbour on the street sees it as a sign that their own murky past is about to be revealed...a wonderful debut novel.'
- Rachael Anderson - 'An unusual story set in 1970s bourgeoisie...An splendid debut novel which I would heartedly recommend. In that location is an equal residuum here of humour, sorrow and injustice to pull at a wide range of emotions.'
Joanna Cannon Press Reviews
'Function whodunnit, part coming of age, this is a gripping debut almost the secrets backside every door'
RACHEL JOYCE
'An utter delight. Perceptive, funny, dark, moving. And so beautifully written. I loved it'
SARAH WINMAN
'A haunting, perceptive novel virtually the cost of belonging. It's a treasure chest of a novel and I loved information technology very much'
JULIE COHEN
'A captivating new voice in British fiction. Non since Nathan Filer's The Shock of the Fall has a debut novel held the promise of such an exciting career alee. 1 of the standout novels of the yr'
HANNAH BECKERMAN
'Cannon'due south interrogation of hypocrisy and prejudice is insightful and compassionate... I didn't desire the book to end'
CARYS BRAY
'An excellent debut. This cautionary tale of a suburban power struggle is charming and true, at once aggressive and intimate, with playful prose that reveals an intriguing heed at piece of work'
JAMES HANNAH
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ISBN: 9780008132170
Publication engagement: 26/12/2016
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780008132163
Publication appointment: 28/01/2016
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About Joanna Cannon
Joanna Cannon graduated from Leicester Medical School and worked as a hospital doc, before specialising in psychiatry. She lives in the Peak District with her family unit and her dog. The Problem With Goats and Sheep is her showtime novel. Beneath is a Q&A with this author Civic Press' Charlotte Cray interviews debut author Joanna Cannon about her beloved characters in The Trouble with Goats and Sheep and what it is well-nigh writing that sparks her listen and her heart.ane. Your kid narrator Grace is singled-out and charming, and in her all-time friend Tilly ...
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