'Daisy Johnson is the demon offspring of Shirley Jackson and Stephen King' Observer
'A gothic masterpiece. You can't stop reading' iNEWS
Something unspeakable has happened to sisters July and September.
Desperate for a fresh start, their mother Sheela moves them across the country to an old family house that has a troubled life of its own. Noises come from behind the walls. Lights flicker of their own accord. Sleep feels impossible, dreams are endless.
In their new, unsettling surroundings, July finds that the fierce bond she's always had with September - forged with a blood promise when they were children - is beginning to change in ways she cannot understand.
Taut, transfixing and profoundly moving, Sisters explodes with the fury and joy of adolescence. It is a story of sibling love and sibling envy that fans of Shirley Jackson and Stephen King will devour.
'Daisy Johnson is one of the best writers in this country ... an astonishing stylist. Sisters is a thumping good book, haunting, visceral and potent.' Max Porter, author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers
'A haunting, emotionally acute novel with a terrific twist.' Daily Mail
Genre: Literary Fiction
'A gothic masterpiece. You can't stop reading' iNEWS
Something unspeakable has happened to sisters July and September.
Desperate for a fresh start, their mother Sheela moves them across the country to an old family house that has a troubled life of its own. Noises come from behind the walls. Lights flicker of their own accord. Sleep feels impossible, dreams are endless.
In their new, unsettling surroundings, July finds that the fierce bond she's always had with September - forged with a blood promise when they were children - is beginning to change in ways she cannot understand.
Taut, transfixing and profoundly moving, Sisters explodes with the fury and joy of adolescence. It is a story of sibling love and sibling envy that fans of Shirley Jackson and Stephen King will devour.
'Daisy Johnson is one of the best writers in this country ... an astonishing stylist. Sisters is a thumping good book, haunting, visceral and potent.' Max Porter, author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers
'A haunting, emotionally acute novel with a terrific twist.' Daily Mail
Genre: Literary Fiction
Praise for this book
"Sisters has a hot, dark energy that thrums beneath the language like blood. Daisy Johnson’s portrayal of female relationships is sticky, close and true. It will seep into your skin and linger in your bones." - Jessica Andrews
"A blistering read. An exquisitely rendered exploration of sibling love and rivalry that rattles the core." - Irenosen Okojie
"Johnson’s Sisters is haunted in the fullest sense; its very sentences governed by a sinister, spectral force. This is a novel we don’t so much read as wade through with our hands outstretched and our eyes clamped shut, holding our breath 'til morning." - Sue Rainsford
"This is a book that makes you remember why you first fell in love with reading. I was haunted by it. Utterly unique." - Evie Wyld
"A blistering read. An exquisitely rendered exploration of sibling love and rivalry that rattles the core." - Irenosen Okojie
"Johnson’s Sisters is haunted in the fullest sense; its very sentences governed by a sinister, spectral force. This is a novel we don’t so much read as wade through with our hands outstretched and our eyes clamped shut, holding our breath 'til morning." - Sue Rainsford
"This is a book that makes you remember why you first fell in love with reading. I was haunted by it. Utterly unique." - Evie Wyld
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