'The Pillagers' Guide to Arctic Pianos' Started With a Real

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Author Kendra Langford Shaw has a new family epic, The Pillagers' Guide to Arctic Pianos , hitting shelves in May 2026

The forthcoming novel follows the Spahrs family, after they settle in the far reaches of the Arctic, and the "unexpected industry that keeps them afloat for generations”

Read an exclusive excerpt from the novel here

PEOPLE has an exclusive first look at the new family saga, The Pillagers' Guide to Arctic Pianos , from author Kendra Langford Shaw. The forthcoming novel will be published next spring by Penguin Random House.

The upcoming epic follows the Spahrs family across generations after they settle, “against all odds, in the far reaches of the Arctic and the unexpected industry that keeps them afloat for generations,” per the book's official syn