An Unlikely Visitor

An Unlikely Visitor by Joanna Cannon is out now, published June 4, 2026.

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An Unlikely Visitor

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An Unlikely Visitor Release Date: June 4, 2026

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‘A profound and nuanced story about the connections we forge and those seemingly little moments in our lives that actually turn out to be the huge ones. So beautiful, so moving, never overstated, so very human. Joanna Cannon is a phenomenal writer, I am obsessed’ ELIZABETH DAY

Margaret thinks her time is up…

Things have been hard since her husband Derek died, and they never really got over the disappearance of their daughter, Jeanie, all those years ago.

Despite everything, they built a lovely life together… it’s just starting to feel impossible for Margaret on her own.

But maybe her time is now?

Then one day, Margaret returns home to an unlikely visi­tor, and together they set out to discover what really hap­pened to Jeanie.

Perhaps if you knock on enough doors, you might find another end to your story…

‘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

‘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

Praise for Joanna

‘Emotional, sweet, funny, hauntingly sad and poignant’ SARA COX

‘Lovely, lovely, lovely… Sue Townsend meets Kate Atkinson meets Nina Stibbe’ MARIAN KEYES

‘An utter delight’ SARAH WINMAN

‘A joy and a triumph’ RACHEL JOYCE

‘Charming, wise and profoundly human’ ERIN KELLY

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Genre: Literary Fiction

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