Bøger af Sarah Butler

A moving, funny and uplifting novel about an elderly couple, the son who is trying desperately to care for them and the young woman who will change their lives forever

Alice is back in the family house that has never felt like home, waiting out the last few days of her father's life and yearning to escape. Across the city, a homeless man named Daniel searches for the daughter he has always loved but never met. Connected by a secret, Alice and Daniel are about to cross paths in unexpected and life-changing ways . . .Alice has just returned to London from months of travelling abroad. She is late to hear the news that her father is dying, and arrives at the family home only just in time to say goodbye. Daniel hasn't had a roof over his head for years, but to him the city of London feels like home in a way that no bricks and mortar ever did. He spends every day searching for his daughter; the daughter he has never met. Until now . . . Heart-wrenching and life-affirming, Ten Things I've Learnt About Love is a unique story of love lost and found, of rootlessness and homecoming and the power of the ties that bind. It is a story for fathers and daughters everywhere from debut novelist, Sarah Butler.

Den unge Alice er netop vendt tilbage til London efter have rejst rundt i Mongoliet i flere måneder. Hun har meget sent fået beskeden om, at hendes far ligger for døden og når kun lige hjem til barndomshjemmet i tid til at sige farvel. Hun har aldrig kendt sin mor og har altid følt sig lidt som en fremmed i forhold til sine søstre og sin far.Hjemløse Daniel har ikke haft tag over hovedet i næsten tredive år, men bruger hver eneste dag på at lede efter sin datter – den datter han aldrig har mødt. Før nu ...En smuk historie om tabt og genfundet kærlighed, om rastløshed og om at vende hjem og om styrken af de bånd, der binder os sammen.Sarah Butler er en engelsk forfatter og 'sprogaktivivist'. Hun debuterede i 2012 i Storbritannien med romanen "Ti ting jeg har lært om kærlighed", der sidenhen er blevet udgivet i 15 lande herunder Danmark. Sarah Butler er fascineret af menneskers forhold til steder og landskaber, og hvordan det påvirker menneskers måder at være i verden på.