Binding: Paperback
Date Published: 30 Apr 2026
Sophie and her five children, still raw from tragedy, relocate from
Canada to her partner Derek's childhood home. There they attempt
to forge a new life together - but their new family is shadowed by
grief, myth, and a lingering sense of the uncanny.
Through shifting perspectives, from Jules, the delicate middle
child, to fierce Ema, to volatile Angelo, debut author Juliano Zaffino
paints an unforgettable portrait of love, loyalty, and the stories we tell
ourselves to survive.
Blending psychological suspense with intimate family drama,
and with echoes of Virginia Woolf and Shirley Jackson, The Steps is
both deeply moving and eerily unsettling, a meditation on trauma,
family bonds, and the thin line between tenderness and violence.