'An Unlikely Visitor is an astonishing achievement… Joanna Cannon is an exquisite observer of human nature. Her stories are not so much told as felt by the soul' ELIZABETH DAY

'Joanna Cannon is a compassionate storyteller who writes about the big things with a lightness of touch. An Unlikely Visitor is an engaging mystery, magical and humane as it slowly unfurls – a perfect book for today’s world’ SARAH WINMAN

‘Joanna Cannon beautifully examines each tragic, surprising, shocking and precious moment of ordinary life. An extraordinary book, I loved it’ FERN BRITTON

'Joanna Cannon's words are like a heartbeat on the page; she is easily one of my favourite authors. An Unlikely Visitor is an emotional, imaginative story written with such empathy and tenderness' CECELIA AHERN

'A poignant, funny and life-affirming novel about finding another end to your story, told with Joanna Cannon's wit and warmth' PRIMA

'A richly imagined, deeply soothing and impeccably structured story, told with Joanna Cannon's trademark wit and warmth. A balm for the soul' SAMUEL BURR

'Brimming with Jo's trademark compassion, insight and wry humour, An Unlikely Visitor is both a meditation on a grief, a mystery of a missing child and a powerful exploration of the human condition. A treat of a novel' HANNAH BECKERMAN

'A novel that appears to be telling Margaret and Derek’s poignant story becomes, in Joanna Cannon’s gifted hands, a profound reflection on the human condition, and therein lie the joy and the magic… We are left marvelling at how extraordinary ordinary people can be, and what a wonder it is to live and love at all' JOANNA GLEN

Praise for Joanna Cannon:

‘Lovely, lovely, lovely… Sue Townsend meets Kate Atkinson meets Nina Stibbe’ MARIAN KEYES

‘A chronicler both of the human condition and the quotidian details which speak to who we are’ GUARDIAN

‘Irresistibly good-hearted’ DAILY TELEGRAPH

‘Funny, melancholy, acutely observant’ SUNDAY EXPRESS

‘Compassionate, thoughtful and tender’ OBSERVER