"Beautifully delicate. it works on different levels, from supernatural to emotional.Quietly satisfying, this tale about searching for old truths will appeal to fans of Fredrik Backman and Helen Simonson." -- Kirkus "Deeply moving, emotionally complex.a satisfying, feel-good story filled with hope [and] valuable life lessons about love, grief, justice, and acceptance." -- Booklist "Uplifting.the novel succeeds by showing how grief is best weathered with others. This will move readers.

" -- Publishers Weekly "Joanna Cannon is a compassionate storyteller who writes about the big things with a lightness of touch. An Unlikely Visitor is an engaging mystery, magical and humane as it slowly unfurls--a perfect book for today's world." --Sarah Winman, author of Still Life "Brimming with Jo's trademark compassion, insight and wry humour, An Unlikely Visitor is both a meditation on a grief, a mystery of a missing child and a powerful exploration of the human condition. Jo writes so beautifully about human frailties and her kindness illuminates every sentence. A treat of a novel." --Hannah Beckerman, author of If Only I Could Tell You "Moving, funny, compassionate and wise, An Unlikely Visitor is an astonishing achievement. Joanna Cannon is an exquisite observer of human nature. Her stories are not so much told as felt by the soul.

An Unlikely Visitor made me laugh, cry and left me filled with hope." --Elizabeth Day, author of Magpie "A novel that appears to be telling Margaret and Derek's poignant story becomes, in Joanna Cannon's gifted hands, a profound reflection on the human condition, and therein lie the joy and the magic. We are left marvelling at how extraordinary ordinary people can be, and what a wonder it is to live and love at all." --Joanna Glen, author of All My Mothers "Joanna Cannon beautifully examines each tragic, surprising, shocking and precious moment of ordinary life. An extraordinary book, I loved it." --Fern Britton, author of A Cornish Legacy.