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'A gruesome, blackly funny, utterly original feminist horror story'
New York Times, Notable Book of the Year

'A buzz-worthy and ferocious horror comedy from one of the genre's most promising voices'
Buzzfeed

Abby Lamb has done it. She's found the Great Good in her husband, Ralph, and together they will…

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2 authors picked Motherthing as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This book stressed me out. What starts as the tale of a married couple dealing with a death in the family devolves into something chaotic. I couldn’t stop reading because I was desperate to see where this downward spiral would take me next.

I resonated deeply with the main character and her quest to be so perfect that it drove her to the brink. I, too, sometimes focus on perfectionism so hard that I feel the subtle whisper of insanity. I love it when stories relate to the darker thoughts we keep hidden inside.

Hey, you—you ever wanted to feel pulled along on a person’s murderous psychological break? Good news, this book will take you on just such a journey. I adored how unflinching this book was in its depravity, in its willingness to take the reader by the hand and pull them down, down, down.

It isn’t interested in giving you any time to breathe or process what’s happening between Abby, her ghost of a mother-in-law, and Mrs. Bondy, a woman in Abby’s care. The protagonist’s actions throughout are distressing; a sensation made all the greater by how effortlessly the author drowns you…

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