The Hours That Keep Themselves
Sleep Stories from ThornwoodBy Sylvie Hawthorne
Length1h 24m
About this audiobook
Settle into the quiet rhythms of Thornwood.
The Hours That Keep Themselves is a collection of gentle sleep stories created for adult listeners, designed to ease the mind and guide you into rest. Told from the perspective of the animals who move softly through the village—along garden paths, beside warm hearths, and under fading evening light—each story unfolds without urgency, tension, or demand.
There is nothing to follow.
Nothing to solve.
Only calm, steady narration and the comforting presence of a world that continues quietly on.
These stories are best enjoyed while resting, unwinding, or preparing for sleep. Let the sounds and imagery settle around you as the day softens and drifts away.
Set in the same world as The Shape of Quiet Things, this companion collection offers a slower, more meditative experience of Thornwood—one shaped by stillness, warmth, and gentle awareness.
Close your eyes.
Breathe slowly.
And let the hours keep themselves.
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction
Length1 hr 24 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 3, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Warm Boards and Honey Air
3Soft Earth After Falling
4Held in Warmth and Wool
5The Chair That Remembers Weight
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6Where the Land Falls Away
7Warm Shelves and Lingering Heat
8Where Warmth Meets Earth
9Closing
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