The astonishing, inventive debut novel, for readers of Daisy Johnson and Rachel Yoders Nightbitch
The astonishing, inventive debut novel, for readers of Daisy Johnson and Rachel Yoders Nightbitch
A single mother wakes to blood in her mouth and flesh under her fingernails. A severed toe on the doorstep. A boy missing.
But her child needs to get to school. Theres a food shop to be done. Parents evenings, play dates and pasta for tea.
Raising her child alone, shes done all she can to protect them. But what if shes the thing they need protecting from the most?
The most gripping account of motherhood since Rachel Cuskss A Lifes Work Independent
A blistering roar against a society far too quick to judge mothers Financial Times
Punches you in the guts with beauty, pain and brevity, and pulls you along with the compulsion of a thriller. Its about what it means to be a mother, a daughter, a woman Abi Morgan
This taut, elliptical debut questions what makes a monster Marie Claire
Kate Hardie is an actor and screenwriter, her acting work includes The Krays, MonaLisa, the award winning Safe and more recently National Treasure. She has written and directed for Channel Four The BFI and Sky and is due to direct her first feature. She has also taught screen writing and directing, lectured and advised on representation and diversity within the film industry, and written essays and articles for the Guardian and Dazed. She is mother to one and lives in London with her husband. This Is Where We Live is her debut novel.