Ann Hood Reveals Animated Cover for Forthcoming Novel, “The Stolen Child” (Exclusive)
The author's latest novel follows three characters as they "unearth secrets long buried in the trenches of World War I"
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Ann Hood and her book, 'The Stolen Child'Ann Hood is back with a new novel, as well as an animated cover to get readers excited!
The Rhode Island and New York-based author will be releasing her latest work, The Stolen Child, on Tuesday, May 7 via W.W. Norton & Company and we have an exclusive look at the animated cover.
Described in a release as the "most ambitious novel to date" from the author of 11 books including The Book That Matters Most and The Knitting Circle, Hood's forthcoming novel follows three characters as they unearth long-buried secrets in the trenches of World War I, and, to their surprise, within their own family trees.
The novel, a blend of historical fiction, mystery, travel and romance, follows characters Enzo, Nick and Jenny. Enzo, a Naples-based artist who in 1935 decides to catch the tears of a famous opera singer with an empty paint bottle, "strives to honor people’s emotions" by launching a Museum of Tears, per the book's synopsis.
American Nick Burns dreams of becoming an artist and finds himself in France at the height of WWI. He's forced to confront an impossible dilemma: Does he save save the paintings of a French artist he has befriended or rescue her baby?
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Then, in 1974, Nick decides to find out what happened to the child, assisted by iHop waitress Jenny — who dropped out of college after an unexpected pregnancy of her own. Along the way, she confronts her own difficult choices.
Their search leads the duo to "a surprising place that will leave readers breathless," the book's synopsis promises.
The Stolen Childhits shelves May 7 from W. W. Norton & Company, and is available to preorder now, wherever books are sold.
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