The Snow Hare

Lena has her life mapped out until she finds herself a reluctant army wife, exiled from her Polish village to a work camp in Siberia. She learns to fall in love even at the edge of life, and must make a decision that will haunt her for ever. The Snow Hare is a tender, brutal, and passionate story about living with impossible choices and cultivating hope in the darkest places.

Format: Hardback
Length: 384 pages
Publication date: 02 February 2023
Publisher: John Murray Press

Wonderful . . . a vivid and endearing picture of family life

The Times

Heartbreaking and heartwarming in equal measure, this is an exquisite, compelling study of survival and emotional resilience.

Daily Mail

Lena has her life mapped out. While her sister obsesses about fortune-telling gypsies and marriage, Lena studies the way the heart works. She isn't going to let being a girl stop her from becoming one of Poland's first female doctors. But the world has other plans for Lena. Instead of university, she finds herself a reluctant army wife, lonely and unmoored by the emotions of motherhood. And as she tries to accept a different future from the one she wanted, the threat of global war becomes reality. Lena must face just how unpredictable life can be.

Deemed Enemies of State by the invading Soviets, she and her family are exiled from their Polish village to a work camp in the freezing hell of Siberia. It's here, despite the hunger and back-breaking work, Lena learns something remarkable; it is possible to fall in love even at the edge of life. And for that love, Lena must make a decision, the consequences of which will haunt her for ever.

Tender, brutal, and passionate, The Snow Hare is about living with impossible choices and our incredible ability to cultivate hope in the darkest places.

Weight: 602g
Dimension: 241 x 166 x 35 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529388299