{"product_id":"mother-is-watching-isbn-9798217045716","title":"Mother Is Watching","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe chilling horror debut from a #1 international bestselling author—an art conservator’s obsession with a mysterious painting spirals into a nightmarish descent, where the line between reality and the supernatural shatters, threatening both her sanity and her life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMathilde \"Tilly\" Crewson, a thirty-nine-year-old mother and art conservator, is tasked with restoring \u003ci\u003eThe Mother\u003c\/i\u003e. The painting, believed to be the work of a female surgeon-turned-artist after a personal tragedy, is the rumored fourth piece in a collection of only three known works. But this newly discovered painting, scarred by fire, holds more than meets the eye.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoon after receiving the painting, Tilly discovers she’s unexpectedly pregnant, and strange, inexplicable occurrences begin: terrifying insect swarms, eerie visits from her long-deceased mother, and sinister whispers that invade her mind. As these malevolent forces intensify, Tilly comes to a harrowing realization: the only way to sever the perilous bond she shares with the painting is to destroy it. But \u003ci\u003eThe Mother\u003c\/i\u003e has plans of her own—and they’re darker than Tilly could ever imagine. . . .\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eMother Is Watching\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Karma Brown explodes onto the horror scene with a terrifying tale . . . Proceed with caution!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Julie Clark, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“\u003ci\u003eMother is Watching\u003c\/i\u003e is eerie, compulsive, almost fanatical, about the fine line between motherhood and grief, and obsession and reality—a gripping, chilling entrance into the horror genre for the \u003ci\u003ebrilliant\u003c\/i\u003e Karma Brown.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Ashley Tate, #1 national bestseller of \u003ci\u003eTwenty-Seven Minutes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“\u003ci\u003eMother is Watching\u003c\/i\u003e is a page-turning nightmare of a novel featuring a maybe-possession as well as a too-possible future technocratic patriarchy. Not since Ira Levin's Rosemary Woodhouse have I been as stressed out and scared for a mother-to-be as I was for Tilly.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003ePaul Tremblay, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHorror Movie\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Head Full of Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“With \u003ci\u003eMother is Watching\u003c\/i\u003e, Karma Brown once again proves she’s an absolute powerhouse of an author, no matter the genre she chooses. Her first horror novel is smart, timely, intensely creepy, and delivers a downright horrifying ending. Read this one with all the lights on!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Hannah Mary McKinnon, internationally bestselling author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Killer Motive\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Haunting, visceral, and eerily compelling, Karma Brown has expertly blended genres with \u003ci\u003eMother is Watching\u003c\/i\u003e. Horror, dystopian, and feminist literature all fit together perfectly—it’s like Margaret Atwood meets psychological thriller, in the best way possible. You’ll never look at motherhood the same way again once you read this, Brown prods at it from angles you didn’t know were there, making it impossible to look away.”\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Kristen Perrin, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow to Solve Your Own Murder\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The horror in \u003ci\u003eMother is Watching \u003c\/i\u003eis not just \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein \u003c\/i\u003eby way of art conservation—which it is, terrifyingly—but the chilling near-future Karma Brown paints: one in which motherhood is commodified and controlled, and grief is the monster that must not be reanimated. I flew through this novel from the first page to its shattering end.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Katie Gutierrez, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMore Than You'll Ever Know\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Beginning with a quote from \u003ci\u003eThe Picture of Dorian Grey\u003c\/i\u003e, Brown’s horror debut more than delivers on that ominous foreshadowing with a tale that begins uneasily and steadily builds to all consuming terror. . . . Compelling, immersive, and psychologically unnerving.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eALA Booklist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“A riveting and insightful ghost story about parental grief and bodily autonomy, this is sure to linger with readers long after the final page.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Brown’s cursed-media horror features an eerie painting that will have readers questioning what’s real or imagined.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Library Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eKarma Brown\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of six novels: the #1 international bestseller \u003ci\u003eRecipe for a Perfect Wife\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCome Away with Me\u003c\/i\u003e (a \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2015), \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers \u003ci\u003eThe Choices We Make\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e In This Moment\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Life Lucy Knew\u003c\/i\u003e and most recently, \u003ci\u003eWhat Wild Women Do\u003c\/i\u003e. 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