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?