Trad Wife
by Saratoga Schaefer
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Pub Date 19 Feb 2026 | Archive Date 19 Feb 2026
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Description
Every trad wife needs a baby. Camille will get one - no matter the cost.
Camille lives to embody the perfect traditional wife—cooking, cleaning, homesteading, and documenting it all for her followers. But without a baby, her image—and her following—feels incomplete. As Camille's husband begins to withdraw and his attention in her waning, Camille’s desperation deepens.
When Camille discovers a crumbling well hidden in the wheat field behind her new house, she is drawn to it, despite its proximity to an intimidating local forest. Unsure of what else to do, she makes a wish.
Soon, she’s haunted by vivid dreams she believes are divine. Then something visits her—something not quite angelic. Her belly swells unnaturally fast. Her cravings turn raw. And yet, her announcement goes viral.
But as Camille’s influence grows, so does the horror inside her. The life she always wanted is finally within reach… if it doesn’t consume her first.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780857509413 |
| PRICE | £16.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 336 |
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Featured Reviews
So, this might be the most disturbing thing I’ve ever read? And yet, despite the gory twist the book takes around two thirds in, I think what I found most unsettling was its depiction of pregnancy. When social media tradwife Camille prays for a baby after being brainwashed by the men in her life to think that’s all she’s good for, she gets her wish in the most unholy way. The novel took everything I find unsettling about pregnancy and ramped it up to the max, some scenes making me so squeamish I had to put down the Kindle, with things only getting more brutal in the afterbirth. But despite the horror, it was a “good for her” story of female rage above all else, satirising the beige cage social media has built for women with an ending that’s sinister and satisfying in equal measures.