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Brought to you by Penguin.

The electrifying new novel from the Booker shortlisted author of Everything Under.

‘A short sharp explosion of a gothic thriller whose tension ratchets up and up to an ending of extraordinary lyricism and virtuosity’ Observer, Fiction to Watch Out For in 2020

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 to rival Shirley Jackson and Stephen King. With Sisters, Daisy Johnson confirms her standing among the most inventive and exciting young writers at work today.

** A NEW STATESMAN BOOK TO READ IN 2020**

©Daisy Johnson 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

Critics Review

A short, sharp explosion of a gothic thriller whose tension ratchets up and up to an ending of extraordinary lyricism and virtuosity.
Observer *Fiction to Look Out for in 2020*
A haunting, emotionally acute novel with a terrific twist.
Daily Mail *Christmas Fiction*
[A] gothic masterpiece... You can't stop reading... This taut, lyrical firecracker of a book crescendos into an emotional ambush of a climax, which...confirms Johnson as a profoundly inventive and masterful storyteller.
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A tour-de-force... Johnson's prose seduces us with the promise of comfort and then yanks that comfort away.
Guardian *Book of the Day*
Exhilarating... A masterful follow up to her debut, Johnson's novel is quietly terrifying and certainly an apt read for 2020.
Evening Standard
Daisy Johnson is the demon offspring of Shirley Jackson and Stephen King... Readers will find many pieces of treasure buried here... Terrifically well-crafted, psychologically complex and chillingly twisted.
Observer
A second novel that should see [Johnson] consolidate her grip on power... A book less likely to chew you up than screw you up.
The Times
A short, sharp shock of a book... Johnson's lyrical prose and knack for conjuring unsettling moments makes for an impressive read. Sisters will, I suspect, be a big hit.
Spectator
The creeping, physical menace that made Johnson's debut so memorable commands this book, too... It makes an immediate impression -- there's a weight to it which doesn't shift when you put it down.
Sunday Telegraph, *Novel of the Week*
A dark, slippery, psychological, gothic horror tale...with a rhythmic, visceral energy.
Sunday Times
Author Daisy Johnson
Narrator Daisy Edgar-Jones, Anna Koval
Duration 4 hours and 35 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781473579620
Format Audiobook
Publisher Random House
Genre Family life fiction, Horror and supernatural fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Psychological thriller
Availability AU, GB, IE

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