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'Brilliantly original' - Clare Mackintosh, author of After the End
'Deliciously dark and devious' - Red
'Highly recommended' - Harriet Tyce, author of Blood Orange
'Gone Girl-esque' - The Times
'I couldn't turn the pages fast enough' - Abigail Dean, author of Girl A
People like Emmy Jackson. They always…
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I loved how conflicted I felt about Emmy and her life choices as a highly successful influencer mom of two little ones! I couldn’t help but root for her even as I struggled to make sense of the crazy things she was putting her family through.
The story gripped me from beginning to end.
From Jane's list on moms trying their very, very best.
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Magical realism meets the magic of Christmas in this mix of Jewish, New Testament, and Santa stories–all reenacted in an urban psychiatric hospital!
On locked ward 5C4, Josh, a patient with many similarities to Jesus, is hospitalized concurrently with Nick, a patient with many similarities to Santa. The two argue…
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