Trad Wife

Contemporary, gripping and wry, Trad Wife is a surreal and slick feminist feast for the senses that kept me thinking long after I finished the final page. A terrifying delight! Sarah Langan is the queen of modern horror. – Sarah Pinborough, author of Behind Her EyesWonderfully wrong in every way, Trad Wife wants to wriggle down your mouth hole and lay eggs – Grady Hendrix, the Sunday Times bestselling author of Witchcraft for Wayward GirlsSarah Langan builds her delicate menace so expertly you don’t realise where you are, until it’s too late. The writing and plotting are exquisite. This book sticks to the reader like superglue, like flies to flypaper. Glorious, unhinged and utterly irresistible – Catriona Ward, bestselling author of The Last House on Needless StreetThink of it as a darker, even more horrifying Yesteryear … Trust us when we say that Trad Wife is the neo-gothic nightmare thriller you won’t be able to put down – StylistGripping, unsettling, enthrallingly layered and utterly laced with doom - I raced through TRAD WIFE with fascination and dread, like peeking through my fingers at a tragedy unfolding. As always, Sarah Langan’s work is unfailingly empathetic and yet such a fascinating indictment of the public ethos. This is a riveting horror story about bodily autonomy and feminine agency at a time when we need it most – Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of Girl DinnerA pulse-racing read – HEAT MagazineA genre beast — menacing, claustrophobic, and wholly unexpected. The novel never does what you expect as a reader. I really enjoyed it – Mariana Enriquez, New York Times bestselling author of Our Share of NightThis is a full throttle supernatural horror that’s not ashamed to be just that. A story that will give you night terrors… and also stop you ever being tempted to buy something from the Tiktok Shop – SFX MagazineFlat out brilliant! – Paul Tremblay, author of Horror MovieA compelling take on the trad wife phenomenon that eschews the easy satirical takedown and goes instead for the gothic horror potboiler approach that is pro-women but anti-system, the unhinged, terrifying finale of Trad Wife is one of the true horror experiences of the summer that are you simply not prepared for – GrimDark Filtered through an influencer’s ring light Langan combines the low grade nausea of domestic horror and dread of a more sublime nature - the result is ridiculously impressive and damnably frightening – FanFiAddictA methodic, apron-clad dread that gets under your skin and stays there … Smart, feminist horror that builds a world so recognisable its eventual, terrifying unravelling feels both shocking and inevitable … This novel doesn’t just want to scare you; it wants to make you understand why you were already afraid – Ginger Nuts of HorrorEerie, chilling, gross, and truly disquieting – FanFiAddict

Sarah Langan is a three-time recipient of the Bram Stoker Award and the author of novels such as A Better World and Good Neighbors. She is a founding board member of the Shirley Jackson Awards and holds a master of science from NYU in environmental toxicology. Originally from Long Island, she now resides in Los Angeles with her family, where she works in both film and prose.

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