PublishedVintage Arrow, July 2022 |
ISBN9781529113990 |
FormatSoftcover, 256 pages |
Dimensions19.8cm × 12.9cm × 1.6cm |
For readers of Jenny Offill and Curtis Sittenfeld, this is a funny, provocative, pin-sharp novel that redefines modern motherhood
Are you looking for a book with bite?
'OUTRAGEOUS, SMART, FUN' Bonnie Garmus, Sunday Times bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry
'BRILLIANT' Stylist
One day, the mother was a mother but then, one night, she was quite suddenly something else...
At home full-time with her two-year-old son, an artist finds she is struggling. She is lonely and exhausted. Her husband, always travelling for his work, calls her from faraway hotel rooms. One more toddler bedtime, and she fears she might lose her mind.
Instead, she starts gaining things, surprising things that happen one night when her child will not sleep. New appetites, new instincts. And from deep within herself, a new voice...
'INCREDIBLE' Carmen Maria Machado
'I TORE THROUGH IT' Lisa McInerney
'FUNNY AND UNNERVING AS HELL' Jenny Offill
'The spiritual successor to Angela Carter' Evening Standard
