Mrs Jekyll
Published on 27. June 2024
Book
Hardback
978-1-7394405-6-5 (ISBN)
Description
By turns tender and devastating, Mrs Jekyll contorts Stevenson's gothic classic in a sumptuous and shocking account of modern womanhood.
Schoolteacher Rosy Winter is dying.
Her husband Charlie offers all the relief he can. Rosy's sister-in-law, Sally, offers none.
But Rosy feels something growing in her. A hard knot in her chest.
Beyond the homeopathic remedies, the dinner party obligations, the snatched whispers on wards and in staffrooms, a force - murderous, feminine, feverish - is stirring within her...
Schoolteacher Rosy Winter is dying.
Her husband Charlie offers all the relief he can. Rosy's sister-in-law, Sally, offers none.
But Rosy feels something growing in her. A hard knot in her chest.
Beyond the homeopathic remedies, the dinner party obligations, the snatched whispers on wards and in staffrooms, a force - murderous, feminine, feverish - is stirring within her...
Reviews / Votes
'An immensely talented young writer ... her fearlessness renews one's faith in the power of literature.' George Saunders, winner of 2017 Man Booker Prize'Mrs Jekyll is a heartbreaking and seductive novel - a swirling journey into grief's abandon that is both dark and beautifully wrought.' Sophie Mackintosh, author of The Water Cure
'Sensual, chilling, powerfully immersive, Emma Glass writes with a truly original voice.' Esther Freud, author of Hideous Kinky
'Emma Glass is a devastatingly talented writer ... Every page transmits a dark, delicious power. I insist you drink it all in, like the perfect potion it is.' Emma Jane Unsworth, author of Animals
'Incisive and mercurial ... a searing, feminist account of how it feels to be at war with yourself, and the desire to live and die in a world that can no longer contain you.' Jessica Andrews, author of Milk Teeth
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 200 mm
Width: 131 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
280 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-7394405-6-5 (9781739440565)
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Emma Glass was born in Wales in 1987 and is now based in London, where she writes and works as a children's nurse. Her debut novel Peach was published by Bloomsbury in 2018, has been translated into seven languages and was long-listed for the International Dylan Thomas Prize. Her second novel Rest and Be Thankful was published by Bloomsbury in 2020.