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One More Chapter has netted The Curious Kidnapping of Nora W, the début novel from Cate Green.
Publishing director Charlotte Ledger acquired world English language rights from Broo Doherty at D H H Literary Agency. The novel will be published in spring 2023.
The publisher wrote: “The novel centres on family matriarch and Holocaust survivor Nora Wojnaswki, who is about to become the oldest woman in the world. Her family, led by her great granddaughter Debs, are determined to give Nora a party she’ll never forget. But Nora isn’t your average centenarian, and she has other ideas…”
“Discovering her carer Arifa lives in her old stomping ground of the East End, Nora decides to take a trip down memory lane. To Debs’ horror she escapes the care home to go and stay with Arifa. As Nora’s past comes back to haunt her, it intertwines with Arifa’s present. She too, fled from war and persecution, and like Nora has suffered love and loss. And when a tragic accident turns everything upside down, Debs comes to realise that we all have more in common than we think…”
“I’m beyond thrilled that One More Chapter will be publishing my début novel next spring,” said Green. “It has been a joy to work with my editor Charlotte Ledger and agent Broo Doherty on bringing Nora W’s story of spirit and survival into the world.”
Ledger added: “Nora’s story was unlike anything I’d read before and that’s because Nora herself is unforgettable. Not only does this book deliver on humour, warmth and charm but it is also a novel of resilience, the strength of the human spirit and the important part we all must play in fighting against prejudice and discrimination. I feel incredibly lucky to be publishing Cate on One More Chapter and introduce her wonderful protagonist Nora to readers everywhere.”