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The Stepdaughter

By Caroline Blackwood

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The Stepdaughter

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A wicked stepmother finds her ideal prey in Carlone Blackwood's “quite brilliant” (The Times) debut. A lavish Upper West Side apartment is the site of a familial cold war about to enter a phase of dangerous escalation. J is a lonely woman without even the luxury of being alone. Her husband has fled to Paris with his latest flame, but he’s left J not only with their own four-year-old daughter, Sally Ann, but with the sulky cake-mix addicted, thirteen-year-old Renata, a leftover from his previous marriage. The presence of a pert au pair, Monique, serves only to make J feel more isolated and self-conscious. What she’d like is someone to blame. Writing letters in her head to imaginary friends, J delights in dwelling on the hapless Renata, who “invites a kind of cruelty.” This is an invitation J fully intends to take up—and like so many stepmothers before her, she will find that wickedness, once indulged, is a difficult habit to kick. A mordant black splinter of a book, Caroline Blackwood’s first novel stands as proof positive of her eternal mastery—and mockery—of the darkest depths of human feeling.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
120
Release Date:
2024-08-13
Publication Date:
2024-08-13
Publisher:
McNally Editions
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1961341123
ISBN13:
9781961341128
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
174 g
Height:
123 cm
Width:
212 cm
Thickness:
11 cm
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