Sometimes When I Sleep

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Pub Date 08 Oct 2021 | Archive Date 28 Mar 2022

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Description

For Harriet, Eden university is a chance to escape the shadows of a family tragedy and reinvent herself, even though she doesn’t know exactly who she is or where she belongs. She’s grown up hiding from curious eyes, and seeking refuge in the music of Dark Island, who appear to be the only ones who have words for her hidden traumas. She’s escaped into hockey and being an A* student, found companionship and adventure in role-playing games, but somehow she’s never been able to run far enough to avoid the night-time terrors which haunt her. Spurred by a promise from Dark Island that she’s leaving the shadows, Harriet is convinced that university will be the place where all this changes. And yet, finding where she belongs is not easy. Hockey is dominated by the arrogant Mark Collier, and relationships prove as difficult here as at home.

As the structures which have kept Harriet safe start to crumble, she is drawn somewhat against her will towards the cold, mysterious and compelling Iquis. It’s a tumultuous relationship – full of conflict and misunderstandings. And yet, as Harriet starts to recognise a matching brokenness in Iquis, she becomes convinced that their paths are entwined, and that only by rescuing Iquis from what binds her can she, Harriet, ever find freedom from the chains of her own past. But as the girls’ journeys take them across the night-time landscapes of Cumbria, and then deeper into the frozen north, the questions arise: how much of what the girls fear comes from inside and how much from outside, and what is the price of redemption?

For Harriet, Eden university is a chance to escape the shadows of a family tragedy and reinvent herself, even though she doesn’t know exactly who she is or where she belongs. She’s grown up hiding...


A Note From the Publisher

Helen Salsbury is a published short story writer, spoken word performer and community journalist, who has been longlisted for the Mslexia novel competition and shortlisted for the Impress Prize for New Writers. She’s the founder of environmental writing project www.pensoftheearth.co.uk and a director of the Portsmouth Writers Hub.

Helen Salsbury is a published short story writer, spoken word performer and community journalist, who has been longlisted for the Mslexia novel competition and shortlisted for the Impress Prize for...


Advance Praise

"Rife with atmosphere and eeriness from the first page." "cleverly written and wildly descriptive with smaller stories that come neatly together in the final chapters," @handwritten

"gets under your skin and lingers long after you have finished." @booksandemma

"will make a perfect book club read as it has all the elements needed for some great discussions." AtomicBooks (Goodreads).

"There are times when you can physically feel the rain on your skin and the cold of the snow chilling your bones." @NickiRichards7

"This is unique to anything I’ve read previously" @littlemissbook6

"Wish I could read it for the first time all over again!" @bookish_belfast

"Rife with atmosphere and eeriness from the first page." "cleverly written and wildly descriptive with smaller stories that come neatly together in the final chapters," @handwritten

"gets under your...


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Featured Reviews

There was something compelling about this book & I literally read it in one sitting as I needed to know what was going on...you know the score, the 'just one more chapter' routine.

It was very well written, dark, gothicky & absolutely mesmerising. It starts off slow burning, but when the story picks up it's fast paced all the way!

Very detailed, visually descriptive, with a plethora of flawed characters. Harriet our main protagonist was a very messed up, complex girl, whilst Iquis was mysterious & everything dark.

All loose ends were nicely tied up in the penultimate chapters & I was blown away by the ending.

Many thanks to Random Things Tours for my tour spot & gifted copy.

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