The Snow Sister
'The Queen of Historical Fiction at her finest.' Guardian
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Faber & Faber
Published:2nd Nov '17
Should be back in stock very soon
From the queen of historical fiction, the critically acclaimed author of Frost Hollow Hall andThe Girl Who Walked on Air, comes a beautiful Christmas novella from with just a hint of festive magic.
Ever since her sister, Agnes, died, Pearl has a tradition every time it snows. It makes Christmas feel a little less lonely.
On Christmas Eve, her father receives a letter about a long-lost relative's will.
Ever since her sister, Agnes, died, Pearl has a tradition every time it snows. She makes a person out of snow. A snow sister. It makes Christmas feel a little less lonely.
On Christmas Eve, her father receives a letter about a long-lost relative's will. Is their luck about to change? In anticipation of a better Christmas, Pearl goes to beg credit at Mr Noble's grocery to get ingredients for a Christmas pudding. But she is refused, and chased down the street where she is hit by a hansom cab. The snow is falling so hard that they can't take her home. She'll have to stay at Flintfield Manor overnight, in a haunted room... Will Pearl make it home for Christmas?
ISBN: 9780571341801
Dimensions: 197mm x 130mm x 10mm
Weight: 100g
112 pages
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