The Sisters Grimm
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  • Published: 1 December 2020
  • ISBN: 9781784164614
  • Imprint: Black Swan
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 496
  • RRP: $22.99
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The Sisters Grimm

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1 Dec 2020
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6 Feb 2020
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6 Feb 2020
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A tour de force of fairytale and imagination, The Sisters Grimm is a magical tale of life, death and sisterhood that brings to mind Beautiful Creatures, Daughter of Smoke and Bone and Stardust.

'Absorbing and beautiful - a great achievement.' BRIDGET COLLINS, bestselling author of The Binding
There are hundreds, possibly thousands, of sisters Grimm on Earth.
You may well be one of them, though you might never know it.
This is the story of four sisters Grimm – daughters born to different mothers on the same day, each born out of bright-white wishing and black-edged desire.

They found each other at eight years-old, were separated at thirteen and now, at nearly eighteen, it is imperative that they find each other once again.

In thirty-three days they will meet their father in Everwhere. Only then will they discover who they truly are, and what they can truly do. Then they must fight to save their lives and the lives of the ones they love. Three will live, one will die.

You’ll have to read on to find out who and why . . .
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'A darkly beguiling delight that’s perfect for fans of rich and imaginative fantasy books akin to Erin Morgenstern and Neil Gaiman.' CULTUREFLY
  • Published: 1 December 2020
  • ISBN: 9781784164614
  • Imprint: Black Swan
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 496
  • RRP: $22.99
Categories:

About the author

Menna van Praag

Menna van Praag has lived in Cambridge all her life, except when she was studying at Oxford University. She has worked as a reader for BBC Films & TV and as a script editor for a number of independent production companies. Menna is the author of five novels of magical realism and one novella which have sold over 150,000 copies worldwide and been translated into 26 languages.

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Praise for The Sisters Grimm

Vividly drawn, evocative and complex, The Sisters Grimm is both absorbing and beautiful – a great achievement.

BRIDGET COLLINS, author of The Binding

One of those rare finds: a vivid and fully-realised act of the imagination, written with the page-turning immediacy of the here and now, but overflowing with the wonder of the stories of old.

ROBERT DINSDALE, author of The Toymakers

A darkly beguiling delight that’s perfect for fans of rich and imaginative fantasy books akin to Erin Morgenstern and Neil Gaiman.

CULTUREFLY

An entertaining and clever examination of folklore, female empowerment, and the system that attempts to keep women in check.'

SciFiNOW

A very grown up fairy-tale with more than a nod to Angela Carter and Philip Pullman . . . textured and complex . . . genuinely thrilling and emotional . . . it's never less than spellbinding.

STARBURST

Van Praag spins a compelling, intensely poetic narrative of empowerment and self-realisation.

Guardian

Readers will be drawn to these well-developed characters and their lush world.

Publisher's Weekly

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