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Normal Women

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Pub Date 4 Jan 2024 | Archive Date 11 Jan 2024

Atlantic Books | Atlantic Fiction


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Description

Hard as you try, you'll never be one of them...

New mother Dani has a lot going on. She's just moved back to her hometown, where her father was once known as the Garbage King; she's fed up of not being a manicure-sporting, perfectly coiffed Normal Woman; and most of all, she's worried that her seemingly healthy husband, Clark, will drop dead, leaving her and her new baby Lotte destitute.

And 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 - meaningful work that will protect her and Lotte from poverty, and provide true economic independence from Clark. But just as she's preparing to embrace this opportunity, Renata disappears, leaving Dani to step into another role entirely - detective.

From the author of cult hit Motherthing, a hilarious and horrific send-up of modern-day motherhood 

Hard as you try, you'll never be one of them...

New mother Dani has a lot going on. She's just moved back to her hometown, where her father was once known as the Garbage King; she's fed up of not...


Advance Praise

'Ainslie Hogarth is the master of first sentences, and the god of surprising verbs' Claire Oshetsky, author of Chouette

'An exhilarating ride of a novel that deliciously and irreverently skewers the complacent, the entitled and the self-satisfied' Carole Hailey, author of The Silence Project


Praise for Motherthing:

'Gripping... A gutsy, gory mashup of domestic horror and dark humour' Observer

'A gruesome, blackly funny, utterly original feminist horror story' New York Times Notable Book, 2022

'A buzz-worthy and ferocious horror comedy from one of the genre's most promising voices' Buzzfeed

'Ainslie Hogarth is the master of first sentences, and the god of surprising verbs' Claire Oshetsky, author of Chouette

'An exhilarating ride of a novel that deliciously and irreverently skewers...


Available Editions

EDITION Hardcover
ISBN 9781805460039
PRICE £16.99 (GBP)
PAGES 320

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