Naomi Booth

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Beschreibung

'raw content is a work of dark, aching beauty' HELEN JUKES 'A stunning mix of horror and tenderness, love and despair. It's rare to see such a raw and real account of early motherhood' KIRSTY LOGAN 'No other novel has explored the terrifying and joyful transformations of parenthood with such dazzling power' ABI CURTIS 'Peter Sutcliffe, Ian Brady and Myra Hindley are the ghosts that haunt Grace's youth, but it is the land itself that remains pregnant with dread, the empty mills and the rushing rivers both poignant and alive' HEATHER PARRY 'The landscape of Yorkshire is beautifully depicted' NB Magazine 'An unervingly honest and uncensored account of the claustrophobic intensity of new motherhood . . . a rare gift' Yorkshire Life 'In this small but powerful novel a harsh and haunted Northern landscape mirrors the fears and fragilities of a new mother as she gradually discovers new ways of living - and of loving' ALICE JOLLY 'This insightful and beautiful book turned me inside out' PRAGYA AGARWAL When Grace becomes unexpectedly pregnant, the rush of excitement and fear that she experiences is like joyriding again. Grace welcomes a partner and baby into her life, but after the euphoria of giving birth, she is overwhelmed by terrifying visions. The awesome beauty and dark history of Grace's childhood in Yorkshire moorland re-surface; she lives in terror of her baby's vulnerability and of her own capacity for violence. Grace's father is a police officer haunted by an infamous case; her sister arrives with her own damaged and exuberant chaos. Learning how to mother forces Grace to revisit all her most intimate relationships - including with her own mother; it transforms how she understands her place in the world; and it ushers in new forms of care that become sources of revelation. Tender, vivid and brave, raw content explores the most unsettling and taboo experiences of mothering with illuminating power.

Autor

Naomi Booth is the author of the short story collection Animals at Night as well as the novels Exit Management and Sealed (all Dead Ink Books). Sealed is optioned by Erin Richards who is currently working on a script. Exit Management was listed as a Guardian Best Fiction Book of 2020 and Animals at Night was shortlisted for the 2023 Edge Hill Prize, winning the 'Reader's Choice' award. Naomi's other short fiction has been listed for the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award and the Galley Beggars Short Story Prize and anthologised in Best British Short Stories. Her story, 'Sour Hall', first published in Virago's 2020 collection Hag, was adapted into an Audible Originals drama series. Naomi grew up in West Yorkshire and now lives in York. She is an Associate Professor at Durham University, and also writes academic prose, including her recent, brilliantly reviewed, monograph on the literary history of swooning, Swoon: A Poetics of Passing Out.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Little, Brown Book Group
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2026
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 126mm x 22mm
• ISBN-13: 9781472159366
• ISBN-10: 1472159365
• Artikelnr.: 74444628