The Snow and the Works on the Northern Line

As read on Radio 4

Ruth Thomas author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Sandstone Press Ltd

Published:7th Jan '21

Should be back in stock very soon

The Snow and the Works on the Northern Line cover

Full UK marketing campaign by the Sandstone Press in-house team - Ceris Jones [email protected]

Offbeat and darkly funny, The Snow and the Works on the Northern Line is about things lost and found. It is also a story about love, grief and forgiveness: letting go and moving on.

'Subtle, Wry and Intimate' - The Times

Sybil was happy with her perfectly average life. She had a decent job, working for the Royal Institute of Prehistorical Studies, and a happy relationship with her boyfriend, Simon. That is, until Helen Hansen, Sybil’s undergraduate nemesis, re-enters her world, and now life as she knows it is unfurling in front of her eyes.

After an unfortunate ice-rink incident that led to a short stay in hospital, Simon and Helen go home together, leaving Sybil not only concussed but loveless. To add insult to injury, Helen has now been appointed Head of Trustees at work, making her a permanent fixture in Sybil’s daily life. Helen reflects everything Sybil isn’t, and she becomes fixated on exposing Helen as a fraud, no matter the cost.

Witty, offbeat and subtle, Ruth Thomas captures our hearts in The Snow and the Works on the Northern Line with Sybil’s sarcastic narration, wry observations and real emotion. As featured on **BBC Radio 4 as book of the week*, *The Snow and the Works on the Northern Line tells the story of the life of a twenty-something; messy, honest, at some points lonely, but altogether full of heart.

‘I would follow Sybil down any domestic/Beckett rabbit hole’


‘Sybil is an audible presence, someone that must be taken on her own terms, in her own words. The almost zen handling of voice is a joy.’


‘I just think it’s glorious. Absolutely brilliant! So funny so sad, so uplifting and so gripping. What a cracker!‘


‘Resonant and romantic, sad but never sentimental and laced through with wicked shafts of humour’


‘Wry, sharp and tender. A delight’


‘I LOVED IT! All the best bits of Barbara Pym, with a little Jane Austen - on speed’


Subtle, wry, intimate.

* The Times *

Funny, sharply-observed story of betrayal and revenge.

* BBC Radio 4 *

A delight of a book as a personal read that leaves positive and heart -warming emotions in its wake.

* NB Magazi

ISBN: 9781913207366

Dimensions: 195mm x 130mm x 15mm

Weight: 189g

288 pages