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Sisters Daisy Johnson

Sisters By Daisy Johnson

Sisters by Daisy Johnson


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Summary

An exquisitely rendered exploration of sibling love and rivalry that rattles the core.' Irenosen Okojie, author of Nudibranch

'I LOVE THIS BOOK!

Sisters Summary

Sisters: the exhilarating new novel from the Booker prize shortlisted author of Everything Under by Daisy Johnson

'A short sharp explosion of a gothic thriller' Observer

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

'This is a book that makes you remember why you first fell in love with reading. I was haunted by it.' Evie Wyld, author of The Bass Rock

'A blistering read. An exquisitely rendered exploration of sibling love and rivalry that rattles the core.' Irenosen Okojie, author of Nudibranch

'I LOVE THIS BOOK! Explosive, dark, weird and utterly compelling... There are few writers as talented as Daisy Johnson.' Elizabeth Macneal, author of The Doll Factory

Sisters Reviews

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* *
Exhilarating... exploring the complexities of sisterhood ... A masterful follow up to her debut, Johnson's novel is quietly terrifying and certainly an apt read for 2020 * Evening Standard *
Eerie, absorbing ... a tour-de-force of attraction and repulsion ... Johnson's prose seduces us with the promise of comfort and then yanks that comfort away. -- Erica Wagner * Guardian *
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 -- Francesca Carington * Sunday Telegraph, *Novel of the Week* *
A dark, slippery, psychological, gothic horror tale ... with a rhythmic, visceral energy * Sunday Times *
[Johnson] can pace a narrative as scarily and surprisingly as any airport thriller-writer; she can also write like an angel, evoking sights and smells, changes in the weather, the landscape inside your head. ... I guarantee that once you start this novella, the world will be dead to you until it is finished. And when it is finished, the world will have changed * The Tablet *
Daisy Johnson's extraordinary second novel, Sisters, a short, sharp virtuoso tale of literary horror with a stop-you-in-your-tracks ending that casts the entire novel in a different light. -- Alice O'Keeffe * Bookseller *
An uncanny, Gothic tale ... Deeply unnerving and unnervingly prescient. -- Olivia Marks * Vogue *
One of the rare novels that balances an almost-uncomfortable level of tension with gloriously stylish prose throughout. There's an element of escapism in the profoundly creepy, and the masterful claustrophobia of Sisters will deliver you from your own. -- Jessie Gaynor * Lithub *
Johnson uses words like some artists use paint, saturating her sentences with images and sensations in ways that lend a delirious, sensorial quality to her writing. * Daily Mail *
A blistering read. An exquisitely rendered exploration of sibling love and rivalry that rattles the core * Irenosen Okojie, author of Nudibranch *
I LOVE THIS BOOK! Explosive, dark, weird and utterly compelling... There are few writers as talented as Daisy. After reading Sisters, I binged on Fen and Everything Under and am now obsessed * Elizabeth Macneal, author of The Doll Factory *
A scorching tale. * Daily Telegraph *

About Daisy Johnson

Daisy Johnson was born in 1990. Her debut short-story collection, Fen, was published in 2016. In 2018 she became the youngest author ever to be shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize with her debut novel Everything Under. She is the winner of the Harper's Bazaar Short Story Prize, the A. M. Heath Prize and the Edge Hill Short Story Prize. She currently lives in Oxford by the river.

Additional information

GOR010680592
9781787331624
1787331628
Sisters: the exhilarating new novel from the Booker prize shortlisted author of Everything Under by Daisy Johnson
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Penguin Random House Children's UK
2020-08-13
192
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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