{"product_id":"9781961341128-the-stepdaughter","title":"Blackwood Caroline - The Stepdaughter - Paperback","description":"Binding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: 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.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: The Stepdaughter\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Blackwood Caroline\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Mcnally Editions\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9781961341128\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 112 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 8\/13\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Family \u0026amp; Relationships","brand":"Blackwood Caroline","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51337486795057,"sku":"IN-G-9781961341128","price":15.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9781961341128.jpg?v=1747040242","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9781961341128-the-stepdaughter","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}