The Lamb
By Lucy Rose
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Harry Hartog's review
I’m not going to lie, when I first started reading this one, my face was pretty much every meme you’ve ever seen of David from Schitt’s Creek. On the very first line I was thinking “eww” and by page 5, I was more than a little grossed out. I’ve got a personal trigger for anything to do with teeth so certain parts had my stomach roiling. But then I got immersed in the writing – how is that such gruesome acts are written so beautifully? It’s monstrous and yet I loved it. That’s what good writing can do. I became desperate for someone to help Margot. This is kind of a horror novel, but also not like any other horror I’ve read. It’s about resilience and rage and being forced to suppress your desires. It’s about the way women are treated – to quote Mr Hill’s explanation of periods: “Tampons are impure…pain was normal. You must still come to school. No matter how much you bloat or vomit or faint. It’s normal for a woman”. It was like I’d been teleported straight back to highschool, and the rage I felt on Margot’s behalf was all consuming. But this novel wasn’t going to let me leave with the shred of hope I was holding onto. The ending…it broke my heart. This book is not going to be for everyone, but it is going to have everyone talking. Honestly, it left me a bit stunned. I think I might need more time to truly digest this novel fully but what a wonder it is to have read it. - Megan, Inventory Manager
Description
A FOLK TALE. A HORROR STORY. A LOVE STORY. AN ENCHANTMENT.
Margot and Mama have lived by the forest since Margot can remember. When Margot is not at school, they spend quiet days together in their cottage, waiting for strangers to knock on their door. Strays, Mama calls them. Mama loves the strays. She feeds them wine, keeps them warm. Then she satisfies her burning appetite by picking apart their bodies.
But Mama's want is stronger than her hunger sometimes, and when a white-toothed stray named Eden turns up in the heart of a snowstorm, little Margot must confront the shifting dynamics of her family, untangle her own desires and make her own bid for freedom.
With this gothic coming-of-age tale, debut novelist Lucy Rose explores how women swallow their anger, desire and animal instincts - and wrings the relationship between mother and daughter until blood drips from it.
- ISBN:
- 9781399619721
- Format:
- Paperback
- Published:
- Publisher:
- Hachette
- Weight:
- 500 kg