Carrion Crow 9781529938685 Hardback

A powerful and spine-tingling gothic tale exploring mother-daughter relationships, sexuality, and class.As mesmerizing as it is surreal,Carrion Crowisa haunting gothictapestry Lucy Rose,Sunday Timesbestselling author ofThe LambOne of the best books I’ve read this year! I loved it Julia Armfield, author ofPrivate RitesandOur Wives Under The SeaAgruesome,provocative,stylishfairytale…. Atrue Gothic gem Kaliane Bradley, bestselling author ofThe Ministry of TimeThere are some facts about the world that only your mother can teach you.Marguerite had been confined for the sake of her wellbeing.Thats what her mother had said.Marguerite Prigord is locked in the attic of her family home, a towering Chelsea house overlooking the stinking Thames.For company she has a sewing machine,Mrs Beetons Book of Household Managementand a carrion crow who has come to nest in the rafters. Restless, she spends her waning energies on the fascinations of her own body, memorising Mrs Beetons advice and longing for her life outside.Ccile Prigord has confined her daughter Marguerite for her own good.Ccile is concerned that Marguerites engagement to a much older, near-penniless solicitor, will drag the family name her husbands name, that is into disrepute. And for Ccile, who has worked hard at her own betterment, this simply wont do.Cciles life has taught her that no matter how high a woman climbs she can just as readily fall.Of course, both have their secrets, intentions and histories to hide. As Marguerites patience turns into rage, the boundaries of her mind and body start to fray.And neither woman can recognise what the other is becoming.Praise forCarrion Crow:One of the most important new voices in fiction,withCarrion CrowHeather Parry deduces an unutterable Gothic horror of class and gender…magnificent and devastating Alan Moore, award-winning author ofWatchmanandV for VendettaGrizzly, compelling, and utterly claustrophobicHeather Darwent,Sunday Timesbestsellingauthor of The Things We Do to Our FriendsBeautifully writtenwith such dark, claustrophobic precision, exploring the devastating control we assert upon one another.Such an achievement. Rachelle Atalla, award-winning author ofThe PharmacistDelicate, deftly written and enticingly obscene,Carrion Crowwill captivate you from the first sentence and haunt you long after the story ends.I’ve never read anything quite like it Jan Carson, prize-winning author ofThe Raptures