- English literature, Fiction, general, Gothic fiction, Folktales
Young Margot lives in the woods with Mama. Margot only knows what Mama's taught her, and sometimes, Mama's cannibalistic urges get the better of her. Together, they take in lost hikers - "strays" as Mama calls them - and make meals of them. But one day, a beautiful, disrupting, and maybe just as dangerous woman enters their hideaway, giving way to what could be another fatal shift.
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Grave, intimate, bleak and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- Lucy Rose
- First published
- 2025
- Pages
- 336
- Publisher
- Harper, HarperCollins Publishers, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781399619721
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