Mother, Mother - Softcover
Paperback. Pub Date :2013-09-17 Pages: 380 Language: English Publisher: RH-US From Koren Zailckas. author of the iconic memoir SMASHED: an electrifying debut novel about a family being torn apart by the woman who claims to love them .. mostJosephine Hurst has her family under control With two beautiful daughters. a brilliantly intelligent son. a tech-guru of a husband and a historical landmark home. her life is picture perfect She has everything she wants; all she has to do is keep it that way. But living in this matriarch's determinedly cheerful. yet subtly controlling domain hasn't been easy for her family. and when her oldest daughter. Rose. runs off with a mysterious boyfriend. Josephine tightens her grip. gradually turning her flawless home into a darker sort of prison.Resentful of her sister's newfound freedom. Violet turns to eastern philosophy. hallucinogenic drugs. ...
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‘Tense, shocking and terrifyingly good’ Closer
‘A dark and witty novel’ Company
‘Unputdownable. An extraordinary book’ Elizabeth Forbes, author of Nearest Thing to Crazy
If you liked We Need to Talk About Kevin, this spiky, disconcerting debut novel is for you.’ Glamour
‘Superbly paced and structured, with dialogue worthy of Lena Dunham, Mother, Mother is an engrossing, and finally shocking, read.’ Guardian
‘Josephine is a chillingly, convincing self-centered narcissist. The very different ways that the three children are threatened by their ‘perfect’ mother and fight to survive her attentions make this an original and cleverly paced psychological thriller’ Daily Mail
KOREN ZAILCKAS is an internationally bestselling writer, and has contributed toThe Guardian, U.S. News & World Report, Glamour, Jane, andSeventeen magazine. She currently lives with her family in the Catskills mountains of New York.
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- PublisherRandom House US
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 0804138346
- ISBN 13 9780804138345
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages304
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