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Tamsyn Murray writes for all ages from picture books to YA, including Usborne's Instructions for a Second-Hand Heart, and the Completely Cassidy and Tanglewood Animal Park series. Her YA Afterlife series was published to widespread critical acclaim, with My So-Called Afterlife Highly Commended in the Teenage Booktrust Prize. Both My So-Called Phantom Lovelife and Instructions for a Second-Hand Heart were shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists' Association YA Romantic Novel of the Year.

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Save some tissues. * The Guardian *
A beautifully crafted story of hope, courage and first love. * Lisa Glass *
A perfect story: funny, sad, beautiful, touching, wistful, moving and utterly unputdownable. I could read it again and again. * Rosie Walsh *
At the heart of this novel is the power of love to heal. A first-rate coming-of-age story, which is guaranteed to make readers both laugh and cry. * The School Librarian *
Explores universal themes in a very unique manner showing us how friendship can help heal a broken heart. * Rhian Ivory *

Instructions for a Secondhand Heart

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    Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
    Publication Date: 01/11/2016
    ISBN13: 9781474906500, 978-1474906500
    ISBN10: 1474906508

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Tamsyn Murray writes for all ages from picture books to YA, including Usborne's Instructions for a Second-Hand Heart, and the Completely Cassidy and Tanglewood Animal Park series. Her YA Afterlife series was published to widespread critical acclaim, with My So-Called Afterlife Highly Commended in the Teenage Booktrust Prize. Both My So-Called Phantom Lovelife and Instructions for a Second-Hand Heart were shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists' Association YA Romantic Novel of the Year.

    Trade Review
    Save some tissues. * The Guardian *
    A beautifully crafted story of hope, courage and first love. * Lisa Glass *
    A perfect story: funny, sad, beautiful, touching, wistful, moving and utterly unputdownable. I could read it again and again. * Rosie Walsh *
    At the heart of this novel is the power of love to heal. A first-rate coming-of-age story, which is guaranteed to make readers both laugh and cry. * The School Librarian *
    Explores universal themes in a very unique manner showing us how friendship can help heal a broken heart. * Rhian Ivory *

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