Abby Lamb has done it. She's found the Great Good in her husband,Ralph,and together they will start a family and put all the darkness in her childhood to rest. But then the Lambs move in with Ralph's mother,Laura,whose depression has made it impossible for her to live on her own. She's venomous and cruel,especially to Abby,who has a complicated understanding of motherhood given the way her own,now-estranged,mother raised her.
When Laura takes her own life,her ghost starts to haunt Abby and Ralph in very different ways. Ralph is plunged into depression,and Abby is being terrorized by a force intent on taking everything she loves away from her. With everything on the line,Abby must make the ultimate sacrifice in order to prove her adoration to Ralph and break Laura's hold on the family for good.
Publisher: Atlantic BooksISBN: 9781838957803Number of pages: 288Weight: 262 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 20 mmEdition: Main
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'Gripping...a gutsy,gory mashup of domestic horror and dark humour'- Observer
'A gruesome,blackly funny,utterly original feminist horror story'- New York Times
'A dark,moving,hugely entertaining slab of gothic horror... and also very funny'- Metro
'A disgusting and delightful romp of a book'- Big Issue
'Filled with sharp,crackling sentences,which bend variously sinister,humorous and sad,Ainslie Hogarth's new novel is a stunner. Like Mona Awad's Bunny or Ottessa Moshfegh's Eileen,Motherthing is a fabulous,frightening story built from fine,fine prose'- Laird Hunt
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