The Snow Sister

'The Queen of Historical Fiction at her finest.' Guardian

Emma Carroll author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Faber & Faber

Published:2nd Nov '17

£6.99

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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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