Under a Fur Coat
- Author Sonya Vatomsky
- Narrator Lucy Dixon
- Publisher Manilla Press
- Publish Date 24 September 2026
- Run Time 7 hours and 14 minutes
- Format x-book®
- Genre Modern and contemporary fiction, Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales.
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What to expect
'Surreal, sharp and deeply moving'
Julia Armfield, author of Our Wives Under The Sea
'Will crawl beneath your skin and make you shiver'
Genevieve Jagger, author of Fragile Animals
Vivienne arrives at a boarding house on a tiny Finnish island hoping to rekindle her creativity and heal her broken heart. Instead, she misses her wife. Her camera hangs at her side unused. And her fellow guests keep inviting her into the forest.
Vivienne quickly grows close with Ilya, the affable caretaker, and Gagarin, a rebellious mycologist. The days pass in a blur of snow and birch trees and vodka. Yet the longer Vivienne spends in the forest, the more it consumes her. Haunted by lost time, inexplicable acts of violence, and rising tensions among the guests, Vivienne begins to suspect there's something darker behind Gagarin's determination. Because ambition always requires sacrifice. She's just not sure whose...
'Thrilling and aching in equal measure'
Sarvat Hasin, author of Strange Girls
'Simply mesmerising'
Elle Nash, author of Deliver Me and Animals Eat Each Other
'A book pulled directly from the earth. I loved it'
Amy Twigg, author of Spoilt Creatures
'Crawling with folky unease... classic storytelling at its best. I've never read anything like it'
Jodie Matthews, author of Meet Me at the Surface
| Author | Sonya Vatomsky |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Lucy Dixon |
| Duration | 7 hours and 14 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9781786586506 |
| Format | x-book® |
| Publisher | Manilla Press |
| Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction, Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE |
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