๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ
๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ข ๐๐๐ฅ๐ค๐๐ซ
๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ซ: ๐๐๐ซ๐ฉ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ง๐ข๐๐ฅ
๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐: ๐.๐๐.๐๐๐๐
Thank you [partner] @bibliolifestyle @harperperennial and @saraiwalkerauthor for a tour spot and a gifted book.ย ย
The highly anticipated second novel from Sarai Walker, following her โslyly subversiveโ (EW) cult-hit Dietlandโa feminist gothic about the lone survivor of a cursed family of sisters, whose time may finally be up.
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.
INSTEAD IT WAS THE LAST.
Iris Chapel and her five elegant sisters, all of them heiresses to the Chapel firearms fortune, live cloistered in a lavish Victorian mansion. Neglected by both a distant, workaholic father and a mentally troubled motherโwho believes their home is haunted by the victims of Chapel weaponsโthe sisters have grown up with only each other for company. They long to escape the eerie fairy tale of their childhood and move forward into the modern world, but for young women in 1950s Connecticut, the only way out is through marriage.
Yet it soon becomes clear that for the Chapel sisters, marriage equals death.
When the eldest sister walks down the aisle, tragedy strikes. The bride dies mysteriously the very next day, leaving her family and the town in shock. But this is just the beginning of a chain of disasters that will make each woman wonder whether true love will kill her, too. Only Iris, the second-youngest, finds a way to escapeโbut can she outrun the family curse forever?
Sarai Walker, the acclaimed author of the cult-hit novel Dietland, building off the Gothic tradition of Shirley Jackson, brings to life this riveting, deliciously twisted feminist tale, a gorgeous and provocative page-turner about the legacy of male power and the cost of female freedom.
โ—————
Doesnโt this sound amazing? Iโm drawn to this cover as well as the intriguing premise!
๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ญ?