Mothered

By Zoje Stage,

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From the USA Today bestselling author of the international sensation Baby Teeth comes a claustrophobic psychological thriller about one woman's nightmarish spiral while quarantined with her mother.

Grace isn't exactly thrilled when her newly widowed mother, Jackie, asks to move in with her. They've never had a great relationship, and…

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Why read it?

1 author picked Mothered as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I was hesitant to pick up a book set during the pandemic. 

First, it’s not been that long, and rushing a book to market rarely yields satisfactory results. Second, the collective trauma from this time felt too raw to delve into up to this point. But I gave this one a shot, and I’m glad I did.

Mothered perfectly captures the strangeness of the lockdowns in 2020. The confusion, fear, loneliness, and surreality—not to mention being locked in tight quarters with someone who drives you crazy—all come together to form the perfect mood for a psychological thriller. There are lots…

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