Rules of Seeing

‘This year’s Eleanor Oliphant’ Claire Allan

‘Astonishing’ Ruth Hogan

‘Strikingly brilliant’ Sun
Nova is 32 years old and she is about to see the world for the very first time.

Jillian Safinova, Nova to her friends, can do many things. She can speak five languages. She can always find a silver lining. And she can even tell when someone is lying just from the sound of their voice.

But there’s one thing Nova can’t do. She can’t see.

When her brother convinces her to have an operation that will restore her sight, Nova wakes up to a world she no longer understands. Until she meets Kate.

As Kate comes into focus, her past threatens to throw them into a different kind of darkness. Can they each learn to see the world in a different … and open their eyes to the lives they could have been living all along?

Everyone is talking about The Rules of Seeing:

‘A tender, tense drama about love and the unexpected places you can find it’ Sunday Express

‘A quirky love story which promises to make you see the world in a completely new way’ Daily Mail

‘Joe Heap’s fascinating debut makes you think about the things most of us take for granted’Good Housekeeping

‘An inspiring story of love, loss and friendship’ #1 bestselling author Catherine Alliott

‘It really made me re-evaluate how I see the world…outstanding’Katy Regan, author of Big Little Man

‘A book that reveals the world in a different light and changes the way you see it…Extraordinary’ Sunday Times bestseller Miranda Dickinson

‘Startlingly, outstandingly good’ Benjamin Ludwig, author of Ginny Moon

“'Truly original...it kept me guessing until the nail-biting end. A stunning and memorable page-turner' Sarah J. Harris, author of The Colour of Bee Larkham's Murder 'Is it a love-story? Is it a thriller? It's both. With tender love scenes that made me catch my breath and a menacing story thread that had me holding it, I loved it, loved it, loved it' Irish Times best-seller Fionnuala Kearney 'Extraordinary - a compelling, enlightening story with dark shadows and hope at its heart. It's a book that reveals the world in a different light and changes the way you see it. So fresh, so original and so vivid, I loved it!' Sunday Times bestseller, Miranda Dickinson”

‘Truly original…it kept me guessing until the nail-biting end. A stunning and memorable page-turner’ Sarah J. Harris, author of The Colour of Bee Larkham’s Murder

‘Is it a love-story? Is it a thriller? It’s both. With tender love scenes that made me catch my breath and a menacing story thread that had me holding it, I loved it, loved it, loved it’ Irish Times best-seller Fionnuala Kearney

‘Extraordinary – a compelling, enlightening story with dark shadows and hope at its heart. It’s a book that reveals the world in a different light and changes the way you see it. So fresh, so original and so vivid, I loved it!’ Sunday Times bestseller, Miranda Dickinson

Joe Heap was born in Bradford in 1986, the son of two teachers. In 2004, he won the Foyle Young Poet award, and his poetry has been published in several pamphlets. He studied for a BA in English Literature at Stirling University and a Masters in Creative Writing at Glasgow University. Joe lives in London with his long-suffering girlfriend, short-suffering baby, and much-aggrieved cat. The Rules of Seeing is his first novel.

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