{"product_id":"normal-women-isbn-9780593467046","title":"Normal Women","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this darkly comic story about how we value female labor—and don’t—a new mother becomes embroiled in danger when her friend, a controversial entrepreneur, goes missing.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen her daughter Lotte was born, Dani had welcomed the chance to be a stay-at-home mother. To be good at something, for once. But now Dani can’t stop thinking about her seemingly healthy husband, Clark, dropping dead. Not because she hates him (not right now, anyway) but because it’s become abundantly clear to Dani that if he dies, she and Lotte will be left destitute.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd then Dani discovers The Temple. Ostensibly a yoga center, The Temple and its guardian, Renata, are committed to helping people reach their full potential. And if that sometimes requires sex work, so be it. Finally, Dani has found something she could be good at, even great at; \u003ci\u003emeaningful\u003c\/i\u003e work that will protect her and Lotte from poverty, and provide true economic independence from Clark.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJust as Dani is preparing to embrace this opportunity, Renata disappears. And Dani discovers there might be something else she’s good at: uncovering secrets.“Ainslie Hogarth is the master of first sentences, and the god of surprising verbs.”  \u003cbr\u003e — Claire Oshetsky, author of \u003ci\u003eChouette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “An exhilarating ride of a novel that deliciously and irreverently skewers the complacent, the entitled and the self-satisfied.” \u003cbr\u003e — Carole Hailey, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Silence Project\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Reveal[s] a powerful perspective on the unseen labor of care.”\u003cbr\u003e— \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Hogarth has a talent for writing depth and invoking lavish mental pictures.”\u003cbr\u003e— \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Ainslie Hogarth's \u003ci\u003eMotherthing:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book the Year • A \u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e Best Horror Book of All Time • A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editors’ Choice\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“A quirky, gruesome, utterly original feminist horror experience.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Creepy, hysterical, emotionally complex.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, 7 Audiobooks to Listen to Now\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“This haunting is deliberate, unsettling, and reads like the sensation you get after licking a battery—sharp and bitter but intriguing. Turn to it when you want something different, when you’re done with the traditional ghost story and need something unusual to sink your teeth into.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003eThe Big Thrill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Okay, friends, now hold on to your butts. This is one of those books that I finished and then thought, “I love this—what the hell is wrong with me??!” This book is DISTURBING AF. But it’s also so freaking original and funny. . . . Like I said, this book is remarkably upsetting, but I also thought it was amazing. So much, that I just got Hogarth’s last book, \u003ci\u003eThe Boy Meets Girl Massacre\u003c\/i\u003e.”\u003cbr\u003e —Liberty Hardy, \u003ci\u003eBookriot\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Filled with sharp, crackling sentences, which bend variously sinister, humorous and sad, Ainslie Hogarth's new novel is a stunner. Like Mona Awad's \u003ci\u003eBunny \u003c\/i\u003eor Otessa Moshfegh's \u003ci\u003eEileen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMotherthing \u003c\/i\u003eis a fabulous, frightening story built from fine, fine prose.”\u003cbr\u003e—Laird Hunt, author of \u003ci\u003eZorrie\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This novel is bursting with smart, provocative, heart-breaking things to say about the nature of grief and its ability to take up just as much—if not more—physical space than the actual person lost. \u003ci\u003eMotherthing\u003c\/i\u003e is gory and irreverent and totally irresistible—I can’t wait to see what Hogarth spooks us with, next.”\u003cbr\u003e—Courtney Maum, author of \u003ci\u003eTouch\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCostalegre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"A grim, disturbing novel of family drama and mental illness, yet a bizarrely funny glimpse into one woman’s mind. . . . \u003ci\u003eMotherthing\u003c\/i\u003e keeps readers as unstable as its narrator, struggling to manage the traumas and the waves of emotion. . . . The result of these roiling thoughts and images is a darkly comic, kaleidoscopic novel of unhealthy fixations, love, murder, the gifts and wounds that family can inflict and one woman’s fight to save herself.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eCrimeReads\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Quirky, unexpected, and charming, \u003ci\u003eMotherthing\u003c\/i\u003e uses all the right ingredients combined in equal measure to ensure a delicious experience. Highly recommend.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eMystery and Suspense Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"As [\u003ci\u003eMotherthing\u003c\/i\u003e] ramps up, it quickens and amps up the grotesque. The end is spectacular. Sometimes books like this will crumble under the weight of themselves, but Hogarth never missteps. As spooky season gets underway, this was the perfect book to get into the spirit.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Big Smoke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A masterfully crafted horror novel that’s by turns humorous and deeply unsettling. . . . Abby makes a wonderful narrator; full of wry insights and frothy humor. . . . This dark domestic drama packs a punch.” \u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, **starred review**\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Hogarth’s way with words enlivens every page of this psycho romp. . . . Her fearlessness and utter lack of inhibition animate the desperate longing and bitter trauma at the heart of this ghost story, administered with a steady drip of comic relief. Profane, insane, hilarious, disgusting—and unexpectedly moving.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e **starred review**\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A darkly comic, kaleidoscopic novel of unhealthy fixations, love, murder, the gifts and wounds that family can inflict and one woman's fight to save herself.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Fierce and unexpected, this darkly comedic horror is an exploration of how we haunt ourselves and how we allow others to haunt us, especially those closest to us. A crass narrator and an unraveling plot, coupled with subtext on sensitive and relatable topics, bring a dose of reality to what is otherwise a delightfully unhinged romp through domestic hell.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003eRue Morgue Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Deeply dark and often funny. . . . \u003ci\u003eMotherthing \u003c\/i\u003ecan be a difficult book to read on an emotional level, given Abby’s frustratingly optimistic “I can fix him\/it\/this” attitude, but its scares and surprises are well worth the discomfort it causes—as well as the sleepless nights it will engender.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBookpage\u003c\/i\u003eAinslie Hogarth is the author of three novels. 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