The Stepdaughter (McNally Editions)
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- Synopsis
- A wicked stepmother finds her ideal prey in Carlone Blackwood's &“quite brilliant&” (The Times) debut.A lavish Upper West Side apartment is the site of a familial cold war about to enter a phase of dangerous escalation. J is a lonely woman without even the luxury of being alone. Her husband has fled to Paris with his latest flame, but he&’s left J not only with their own four-year-old daughter, Sally Ann, but with the sulky cake-mix addicted, thirteen-year-old Renata, a leftover from his previous marriage. The presence of a pert au pair, Monique, serves only to make J feel more isolated and self-conscious. What she&’d like is someone to blame. Writing letters in her head to imaginary friends, J delights in dwelling on the hapless Renata, who &“invites a kind of cruelty.&” This is an invitation J fully intends to take up—and like so many stepmothers before her, she will find that wickedness, once indulged, is a difficult habit to kick. A mordant black splinter of a book, Caroline Blackwood&’s first novel stands as proof positive of her eternal mastery—and mockery—of the darkest depths of human feeling.
- Copyright:
- 1976
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 128 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781961341135
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781961341128
- Publisher:
- McNally Editions
- Date of Addition:
- 08/06/24
- Copyrighted By:
- Caroline Blackwood
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Foreword by:
- Heidi Julavits