Normal Women

Informationen zum Autor Ainslie Hogarth is the author of three novels. She lives in Canada. Klappentext "New mother Dani has a lot going on. She's worried that her seemingly healthy husband, Clark, might drop dead, leaving her and her baby, Lotte, destitute. She's worried that she hasn't lived up to her birthright as the daughter of the legendary Garbage King, DJ Silver, whose waste management company employed the town of Metcalf for decades. And she's really worried that, try as she might, she's not a gym-going, manicure-sporting, perfectly coiffed Normal Woman. And then Dani discovers The Temple. Ostensibly a yoga center, The Temple and its guardian, Renata, are committed to helping men reach their full potential. And if doing that sometimes requires sex work, so be it. Finally, Dani has found something she could be good at, even great at, something that could save Lotte from financial ruin if Clark ever dies. Just as she's preparing to embrace this opportunity, though, Renata goes missing. And Dani discovers there might be something else she's good at: detective work"-- Zusammenfassung In this darkly comic story about how we value female laborand don'ta new mother becomes embroiled in danger when her friend, a controversial entrepreneur, goes missing. When 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. 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. Just as Dani is preparing to embrace this opportunity, Renata disappears. And Dani discovers there might be something else she's good at: uncovering secrets....

Autorentext

Ainslie Hogarth is the author of three novels. She lives in Canada.

Klappentext

In 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.

When 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.

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.

Just as Dani is preparing to embrace this opportunity, Renata disappears. And Dani discovers there might be something else she’s good at: uncovering secrets.

Zusammenfassung
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

Reveal[s] a powerful perspective on the unseen labor of care.
The New York Times Book Review

Hogarth has a talent for writing depth and invoking lavish mental pictures.
Booklist

Praise for Ainslie Hogarth's Motherthing:

A New York Times Notable Book the Year A Cosmopolitan Best Horror Book of All Time A New York Times Editors Choice

A quirky, gruesome, utterly original feminist horror experience.
The New York Times Book Review

Creepy, hysterical, emotionally complex.
The New York Times, 7 Audiobooks to Listen to Now

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.
The Big Thrill

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, The Boy Meets Girl Massacre.
Liberty Hardy, *Bookriot

• Filled with sharp, crackling sentences, which bend variously sinister, humorous and sad, Ainslie Hogarth's new novel is a stunner. Like Mona Awad's Bunny or Otessa Moshfegh's Eileen, Motherthing is a fabulous, frightening story built from fine, fine prose.
  Laird Hunt, author of *Zorrie

• 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. Motherthing is gory and irreverent and totally irresistible I can t wait to see what Hogarth spooks us with, next.
  Courtney Maum, author of Touch and *Costalegre

  "A grim, disturbing novel of family drama and mental illness, yet a bizarrely funny glimpse into one woman s mind. . . . Motherthing 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."
  CrimeReads*

  Quirky, unexpected, and charming, Motherthing uses all the right ingredients combined in equal measure to ensure a delicious experience. Highly recommend.
  Mystery and Suspense Magazine

  "As [Motherthing] 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."
  The Big Smoke

  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.
  Publishers Weekly, starred review

  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.
  Kirkus Reviews starred review

  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.
  Shelf Awareness

  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 rom…