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Also by Sarah Winman:

A Year of Marvelous Ways, June 2026
Hardcover / e-Book
When God Was a Rabbit, March 2026
Trade Paperback / e-Book
Still Life, September 2022
Trade Paperback / e-Book
Still Life, November 2021
Hardcover / e-Book
Tin Man, April 2019
Trade Size
Tin Man, May 2018
Hardcover / e-Book

WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT
By: Sarah Winman

G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
March 2026
On Sale: February 24, 2026
368 pages
ISBN: B0FDQ2ZLF6
EAN: 9798217181247
Kindle: B0FF31CPLY
Trade Paperback / e-Book
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Historical

Eleanor Maud doesn’t believe God loves her, so she decides she must find someone, something, that does. From Elly’s wide-eyed childhood in 1970s England to New York City on the eve of 9/11, she moves through innocence, discovery, heartbreak, and resilience alongside her brother Joe, her stalwart companion through every upheaval, and her best friend Jenny Penny, who binds Elly in a fierce but complicated friendship. Funny, tender, and almost unbearably moving, Sarah Winman’s debut novel, When God Was a Rabbit, captures the strange work of growing up and the kinds of love that endure – between siblings, friends, the selves we once were, and the ones we are destined to become.