THE WILL

Part psychological thriller, and part meditation on motherhood, the rabbit holes of magical thinking, and the terrifying power of desire.

When Caroline's sister and brother-in-law are killed in a car accident, the couple's will names Caroline as the guardian of their two young children. After years of miscarriages and failed fertility treatments, Caroline had said she'd do anything to be a mother. Anything. Grieving her only sibling and struggling to parent two heartbroken children, Caroline begins to unravel, convinced she willed the accident in some Faustian bargain. But that's impossibleisn't it? This deeply unnerving, yet psychologically relatable story will appeal to fans of Helen Phillips' THE NEED, Ashley Audrain's THE PUSH, and Rachel Yoder's NIGHTBITCH. Maggie Smith is a poet, writer, editor, and teacher.She has published several books of poetry and prose, including Good Bones and two bestsellers, Keep Moving and Goldenrod. Her memoir, You Could Make This Place Beautiful, is a New York Times bestseller. Her poems and essays have appeared in the New York Times, The New Yorker, the Guardian, the Paris Review, Tin House, the Washington Post, and The Best American Poetry.