{"product_id":"the-stepdaughter","title":"The Stepdaughter","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eThe Stepdaughter\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eCaroline Blackwood\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781961341128\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eMcNally Editions\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2024\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e120\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA wicked stepmother finds her ideal prey in Carlone Blackwood's \"quite brilliant\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e) debut.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA lavish Upper West Side apartment is the site of a familial cold war about to enter a phase of dangerous escalation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"McNally Editions","offers":[{"title":"The Stepdaughter | Caroline Blackwood | Paperback | 9781961341128 | New | Fiction 1699636","offer_id":50828035129602,"sku":"1699636","price":32.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/71Gb-TekqwL.jpg?v=1792580944","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/the-stepdaughter","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}