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MOTHERED
A disturbing and thrilling novel of psychological suspense by a bestselling author.
30-something Grace is a hairdresser in Pittsburgh with a secret life as an internet catfish. When she invites her aging mother, Jackie, to move into her small house during the early days of the Covid-19 outbreak, she looks forward to reconnecting with the mother she hasn't spent much time with in nearly 20 years. Never close to begin with, Grace's mother worked through much of her childhood as a single mother trying to provide for her daughters, in particular Hope, Grace's bright twin sister who was born disabled and died tragically before her time.
But Jackie, emotionally distant in the best of times, harbors a dark secret of her own. And as Grace's mental health begins to crack under the pressures of quarantine isolation, a lost job, a sick best friend, a new house she begins to suspect that her mother's motives might not be as innocent as they initially appeared. Especially when an increasingly erratic Grace begins to lose her grip on reality, and her relationship with Jackie deteriorates to the point where the threat of violence and total breakdown looms. Grace knows the virus is outside... but what happens when the real danger is inside the house?
With the female-driven psychological suspense of Ashley Audrain's The Push and the claustro-phobic horror of AJ Finn's The Woman in the Window, Mothered is a horror classic in the making.
Zoje Stage's debut novel, Baby Teeth, was a USA Today and international bestseller. It was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award and named one of the best books of the year by Forbes Magazine, Library Journal, PopSugar, Barnes & Noble, Bloody Disgusting, and BookBub. Her follow-up novel, Wonderland, was described in a starred review from Booklist as "a beautifully choreographed and astonishing second novel." And with her third book, Getaway, the New York Times declared her "a writer with a gift for the lyrical and the frightening." When Zoje isn't writing, reading, or streaming documentaries, she can be found in her mini dance studio, tap dancing. She lives in Pittsburgh.
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Published 2023-03-01 by Thomas & Mercer |