Nightbitch

In suburban America, a stay-at-home mother unravels as isolation pushes her towards a shocking transformation. Once an ambitious artist, the mother now spends her days caring for her young son while her husband travels for work. As her exhaustion and resentment build, she notices new instincts, new appetites, and a destabilising shift in her sense of self. What begins as doubt hardens into something wilder. Her body changes. Her desires sharpen. In embracing the persona of ‘Nightbitch’ she confronts domestic confinement, creative frustration and the cultural expectations placed on women. Blending the surreal with the intimate, this powerful novel of transformation and self-reclamation examines what is lost and what might be found when a woman refuses to remain obedient, grateful, and small. 'OUTRAGEOUS, SMART, FUN' Bonnie Garmus ‘FERAL, UNHOLY... NIGHTBITCH IS AN INCREDIBLE FEAT’ Carmen Maria Machado 'BRILLIANT' Stylist 'I TORE THROUGH IT' Lisa McInerney 'FUNNY AND UNNERVING AS HELL' Jenny Offill 'THE SPIRITUAL SUCCESSOR TO ANGELA CARTER' Evening Standard

In suburban America, a stay-at-home mother unravels as isolation pushes her towards a shocking transformation. Once an ambitious artist, the mother now spends her days caring for her young son while her husband travels for work. As her exhaustion and resentment build, she notices new instincts, new appetites, and a destabilising shift in her sense of self. What begins as doubt hardens into something wilder. Her body changes. Her desires sharpen. In embracing the persona of ‘Nightbitch’ she confronts domestic confinement, creative frustration and the cultural expectations placed on women. Blending the surreal with the intimate, this powerful novel of transformation and self-reclamation examines what is lost and what might be found when a woman refuses to remain obedient, grateful, and small. 'OUTRAGEOUS, SMART, FUN' Bonnie Garmus ‘FERAL, UNHOLY... NIGHTBITCH IS AN INCREDIBLE FEAT’ Carmen Maria Machado 'BRILLIANT' Stylist 'I TORE THROUGH IT' Lisa McInerney 'FUNNY AND UNNERVING AS HELL' Jenny Offill 'THE SPIRITUAL SUCCESSOR TO ANGELA CARTER' Evening Standard

In this blazingly smart and voracious debut novel, an artist turned stay-at-home mom becomes convinced she's turning into a dog. - A must-read for anyone who can't get enough of the ever-blurring line between the psychological and supernatural that Yellowjackets exemplifies. -- Vulture One day, the mother was a mother, but then one night, she was quite suddenly something else... An ambitious mother puts her art career on hold to stay at home with her newborn son, but the experience does not match her imagination. Two years later, she steps into the bathroom for a break from her toddler's demands, only to discover a dense patch of hair on the back of her neck. In the mirror, her canines suddenly look sharper than she remembers. Her husband, who travels for work five days a week, casually dismisses her fears from faraway hotel rooms. As the mother's symptoms intensify, and her temptation to give in to her new dog impulses peak, she struggles to keep her alter-canine-identity secret. Seeking a cure at the library, she discovers the mysterious academic tome which becomes her bible, A Field Guide to Magical Women: A Mythical Ethnography , and meets a group of mommies involved in a multilevel-marketing scheme who may also be more than what they seem. An outrageously original novel of ideas about art, power, and womanhood wrapped in a satirical fairy tale, Nightbitch will make you want to howl in laughter and recognition. And you should. You should howl as much as you want.

In this blazingly smart and voracious debut novel, an artist turned stay-at-home mom becomes convinced she's turning into a dog. - A must-read for anyone who can't get enough of the ever-blurring line between the psychological and supernatural that Yellowjackets exemplifies. -- Vulture One day, the mother was a mother, but then one night, she was quite suddenly something else... An ambitious mother puts her art career on hold to stay at home with her newborn son, but the experience does not match her imagination. Two years later, she steps into the bathroom for a break from her toddler's demands, only to discover a dense patch of hair on the back of her neck. In the mirror, her canines suddenly look sharper than she remembers. Her husband, who travels for work five days a week, casually dismisses her fears from faraway hotel rooms. As the mother's symptoms intensify, and her temptation to give in to her new dog impulses peak, she struggles to keep her alter-canine-identity secret. Seeking a cure at the library, she discovers the mysterious academic tome which becomes her bible, A Field Guide to Magical Women: A Mythical Ethnography , and meets a group of mommies involved in a multilevel-marketing scheme who may also be more than what they seem. An outrageously original novel of ideas about art, power, and womanhood wrapped in a satirical fairy tale, Nightbitch will make you want to howl in laughter and recognition. And you should. You should howl as much as you want.

'Unfassbar, klug und lustig' Bonnie Garmus Eine Galeristin tauscht ihr aufregendes Berufsleben gegen den eintönigen und überfordernden Job als Vollzeitmutter. Doch der Drang, ihr Leben mit Kind gegen jede Konvention ungezähmt und frei zu gestalten, wird immer stärker - bis sich eine völlig neue Identität Bahn bricht. Dieser brillante Roman erzählt auf unerhört komische Weise davon, wie viel zu gewinnen ist, wenn man sich auf die monströsen Seiten der Mutterschaft einlässt. 'Ein wildes und furchtloses Debüt. Yoder gelingt ein neuer Blick auf die mit Worten kaum zu beschreibende körperliche Verwandlung einer Frau in eine Mutter.' The New Yorker 'Ein unvergesslicher Roman! ¿Nightbitch¿ wird Sie am Genick packen und nicht mehr loslassen.' Esquire

'Unfassbar, klug und lustig' Bonnie Garmus Eine Galeristin tauscht ihr aufregendes Berufsleben gegen den eintönigen und überfordernden Job als Vollzeitmutter. Doch der Drang, ihr Leben mit Kind gegen jede Konvention ungezähmt und frei zu gestalten, wird immer stärker - bis sich eine völlig neue Identität Bahn bricht. Dieser brillante Roman erzählt auf unerhört komische Weise davon, wie viel zu gewinnen ist, wenn man sich auf die monströsen Seiten der Mutterschaft einlässt. 'Ein wildes und furchtloses Debüt. Yoder gelingt ein neuer Blick auf die mit Worten kaum zu beschreibende körperliche Verwandlung einer Frau in eine Mutter.' The New Yorker 'Ein unvergesslicher Roman! ¿Nightbitch¿ wird Sie am Genick packen und nicht mehr loslassen.' Esquire