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Sleepers in the Snow

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Out on the moor, in the snow, a house stands beneath a pylon. It is a house full of memories, and full of old things. And, in the dark, when the pylon sings in the wind, it is a house full of ghosts and fading memories...... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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Sleepers in the Snow is an astonishing, original and powerful novel of love, loss, mystery and dementia, from bestseller Joanne Harris, winner of the Creative Freedom Award, the Whitaker Gold Award, and the Glenfiddich Award.

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Out on the moor, in the snow, a house stands beneath a pylon.

It is a house full of memories, and full of old things. And, in the dark, when the pylon sings in the wind, it is a house full of ghosts and fading memories...

The house, Kirkhill, has a new occupant—just moved in, fresh from a bitter divorce and looking for a fresh start. The moor is the perfect place for it: isolated, beautiful in the changing seasons, peaceful, and with just enough of the previous owner's belongings that it's a perfectly self-contained and cosy home.

Only as the nights start to draw in, and the weather takes a turn, so does the house. The cosy isolation becomes menacing, animals begin acting strangely, and it seems someone could be watching the house... and the diaries of the previous owners begin to reveal a terrible tragedy which befell Kirkhill—one which its new occupant may be unable to escape...

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A beautiful, gripping read for fans of Piranesi and The Winter Ghosts, this is a superb and moving ghost story for a frosty day.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781399604802

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 08 October 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Gollancz

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 272

About the Author

Joanne Harris (OBE, FRSL) is the author of twenty novels, three cookbooks and many short stories. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, an honorary Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, was Chair of the Society of Authors between 2020 and 2024, and in 2022 was awarded an OBE by the Queen. She was born in Barnsley in Yorkshire and grew up above her grandparents' sweet shop.

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