From Jonathan Harvey, the award-winning author of All She Wants and the writer of Coronation Street and Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, comes The Girl Who Just Appeared, a comedy with a huge, beating heart.

London 2014. Holly Smith has never fitted in. Adopted when just a few months old, she's always felt she was someone with no history, the girl who just appeared. All she has is the address of where she was born - 32B Gambier Terrace, Liverpool. By a bizarre twist of fate Holly discovers that the flat is available to rent. She travels north and moves in. When she finds a biscuit tin full of yellowing papers under the floorboards, she wonders if this might hold the secret to her past.

Liverpool 1981. Fifteen-year-old Darren negotiates life with his errant mother and the younger brother he is bringing up. When the Toxteth Riots explode around him Darren finds himself with a moral dilemma that will have consequences for the rest of his life.

Flitting between the present and the past, we discover how Darren and Holly's lives become intertwined. Will Holly uncover the secrets of her past? Or will she always feel like the girl who just appeared?

'Gripping and twisty and tender and touching.' - Marian Keyes, author of Rachel's Holiday

From the award-winning author of All She Wants and the writer of Coronation Street and Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, comes this comedy with a huge, beating heart.

About the Author
Jonathan Harvey comes from Liverpool and is the multi award winning writer of the play and film Beautiful Thing, the Bafta nominated sitcom Gimme Gimme Gimme and Beautiful People (Best Comedy: Banff TV Festival). He was on the writing teams for both Coronation Street and Shameless. His theatre work has won him an Evening Standard Award, two Manchester Evening News Awards, the George Devine Award and the John Whiting Award. But perhaps most telling of all he also won the Spacehopper Championships at Butlins Pwhelli in 1976.

Reviews
Absolutely delightful. Jonathan Harvey writes with all his heart and all his soul. * Lisa Jewell *
Harvey makes me SCREAM. * Caitlin Moran *
The Girl Who Just Appeared is a wonderful book - gripping and twisty and tender and touching. * Marian Keyes *
Harvey is a star writer... His third novel is very funny, as one might expect from such a brilliant writer of comedy - but it shows that he can also handle sadness and tragedy, plus a narrative that cuts effortlessly between present-day London and Liverpool in 1981... Sparkling and moving. * The Times *
Wit and warmth. * Sunday Mirror *
Sensitive, moving, yet fabulously entertaining and laced with humour. * Daily Express *
A warm, witty tale about personal history and accepting the truth about your family - however, unexpected it may turn out to be. * Heat *



Book Information
ISBN 9781447238461
Author Jonathan Harvey
Format Paperback
Page Count 400
Imprint Pan Books
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Weight(grams) 422g
Dimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 22mm