Trad Wife

'Trad Wife is terrifying . . . a surreal and slick feminist feast' - Sarah Pinborough, bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes 'A darker, even more horrifying Yesteryear . . . you won't be able to put it down' - Stylist Every day, millions watch Mia Wright, the "trad wife" queen, on her idyllic 300-acre farm. With her handsome husband, seven perfect children, and a life of from-scratch meals, she's an icon of modern femininity. But behind every perfect image is a lie. Desperate to save her tarnished career, journalist Jenny Kaplan arrives at Black Swan Farm to profile Mia. Jenny is ready to write a scathing exposé, determined to uncover the deception behind Mia's curated life. But there's something wrong at the farmhouse. It slithers through Jenny's dreams when the children sing strange nursery rhymes at night. She's losing time. She's losing her hair. She starts to worry that she's losing her mind. There is a horror at the heart of Black Swan, and it's waiting just for Jenny. 'Glorious, unhinged and utterly irresistible' - Catriona Ward, bestselling author of The Last House on Needless Street 'Gripping, unsettling, enthrallingly layered and utterly laced with doom' - Olivie Blake, bestselling author of Girl Dinner 'Menacing, claustrophobic, and wholly unexpected' - Mariana Enriquez, author of Our Share of Night

Sarah Langan, a three-time recipient of the Bram Stoker Award, is the author of several novels including A Better World and Good Neighbors. She's a founding board member of the Shirley Jackson Awards and has a master of science from NYU in environmental toxicology. She's from Long Island and now lives in Los Angeles with her family, where she works in both film and prose.