Bitter Is the Heart
A Novel
$60.89
- Hardcover
304 pages
- Release Date
15 October 2024
Summary
Haunted by childhood abuse, a woman is forced to care for her cruel elderly mother in this electrifying horror novel exploring generational trauma.
Tamar Glass fled an abusive mother when she was eighteen, running away from home to find a better life elsewhere. She has lived in freedom from her mother, Ruth, for decades, until one night she wakes to find her now-elderly mother standing over her bed, disoriented and confused.
When Tamar reluctantly takes in her mother, strange …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781639108633 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1639108637 |
| Author: | Mina Hardy |
| Publisher: | Crooked Lane Books |
| Imprint: | Crooked Lane Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 15 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 162mm x 244mm |
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Critics Review
Praise for Bitter is the Heart:
“Hardy’s use of Jewish mysticism and religion is great, lending a unique worldview in the horror genre … A compelling and chilling read.”
—Bookreporter
“Grabbed me immediately.”
—The Nameless Zine
“Bitter is the Heart is the kind of book that gets under your skin and leaves marks. The raw mother-daughter relationship and the steadily growing horror culminate into an unforgettable climax.”
—Darcy Coates, USA Today bestselling author of Where He Can’t Find You
“An absorbing, dread-filled tale of monstrous motherhood worthy of Michael McDowell.”
—Johnny Compton, author of The Spite House and Devils Kill Devils
“With a thread of generational trauma that just won’t break, Mina Hardy’s Bitter is the Heart takes the mother-daughter relationship to a whole new terrifying level.”
—J.H. Markert, author of Mister Lullaby and The Nightmare Man
“Bitter is the Heart is pure arrhythmic horror. Reading it disrupts your own pulse. Symptoms include deep-rooted trauma, disquieting mother-daughter bonds, and sleepless, sleepless nights.”
—Clay McLeod Chapman, author of What Kind of Mother and Ghost Eaters
Mina Hardy
Mina Hardy writes books. Usually, they feature good people making bad choices, but sometimes they might be about bad people making good choices. Either way, everyone is basically a mess, and you shouldn’t trust any of them. From twisted tales of domestic suspense to darker stories of bumping in the night, you can expect thrills and a few chills.
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