For readers of Jenny Offill and Curtis Sittenfeld, this is a funny, provocative, pin-sharp novel that redefines modern motherhood
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For readers of Jenny Offill and Curtis Sittenfeld, this is a funny, provocative, pin-sharp novel that redefines modern motherhood
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For readers of Jenny Offill and Curtis Sittenfeld, this is a funny, provocative, pin-sharp novel that redefines modern motherhoodNOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING AMY ADAMSAre you looking for a book with bite?'OUTRAGEOUS, SMART, FUN' Bonnie Garmus, Sunday Times bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry'BRILLIANT' StylistOne day, the mother was a mother but then, one night, she was quite suddenly something else...At home full-time with her two-year-old son, an artist finds she is struggling. She is lonely and exhausted. Her husband, always travelling for his work, calls her from faraway hotel rooms. One more toddler bedtime, and she fears she might lose her mind.Instead, she starts gaining things, surprising things that happen one night when her child will not sleep. New appetites, new instincts. And from deep within herself, a new voice...'INCREDIBLE' Carmen Maria Machado'I TORE THROUGH IT' Lisa McInerney'FUNNY AND UNNERVING AS HELL' Jenny Offill'The spiritual successor to Angela Carter' Evening Standard
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“Feral, unholy... Nightbitch is an incredible feat.”
Outrageous, gritty, smart, fun -- BONNIE GARMUS Sunday Times bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry
Yoder's voice is precise and funny, pitch-perfect... This is a terrifically alive and imaginative tale... an important contribution to the engagement with motherhood that rightly dominates contemporary feminism. -- Lara Feigel Observer
I've been waiting my whole adult life for a read like this. Nightbitch is truly imaginative, utterly original, brave and brilliant - I devoured it. Elaine Feeney, author of AS YOU WERE
A deliciously untamed satire on mothering and collapsed ambition... Yoder's descriptions of wild self-release are thrilling. -- Catherine Taylor Financial Times
Yoder's commentary on the assorted neuroses of modern womanhood is graceful and coolly incisive... She infuses new life into the cold, furry flesh of the monstrous femme. -- AK Blakemore Guardian
For anyone raging at the patriarchy, Nightbitch is a brilliant read. Stylist
Feral, unholy... Nightbitch is an incredible feat. Carmen Maria Machado, author of IN THE DREAM HOUSE
Graceful, funny and unnerving as hell. Jenny Offill, author of DEPT. OF SPECULATION and WEATHER
Joyfully demented... I tore through it. This is going to be massive. Lisa McInerney, author of THE RULES OF REVELATION
I could not love a novel more than Rachel Yoder's Nightbitch. It's such a uniquely brilliant book... magical, dark, and funny. Kevin Wilson, author of NOTHING TO SEE HERE
About the Author
Rachel Yoder grew up in a Mennonite community in the Appalachian foothills of eastern Ohio. She holds MFAs from the University of Arizona (fiction) and the University of Iowa (creative non-fiction) and is a founding editor draft- the journal of process.
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