Fans of Angela Carter and Shirley Jackson take note' i Newspaper. All will burrow their way into your brain and not let go' Stylist. It expresses empathy and genuine kindness, which is often what the sufferer needs most. These dark tales explore women's fears with electrifying honesty and invention and speak to one another about female bodies, domestic claustrophobia, desire and violence. A simple, I am so sorry you are going through this, can be the absolute best sentiment you can offer. Couples wrestle with a lack of connection to their children a schoolgirl becomes obsessed with the female anatomical models in a museum and a cheery account of child's day out is undercut by chilling footnotes. Alone in a remote house in Iceland a woman is unnerved by her isolation another can only find respite from the clinging ghost that follows her by submerging herself in an overgrown pool. A shocking collection of dark stories, ranging from chilling contemporary fairytales to disturbing supernatural fiction.
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