Title: The Barter
Author: Siobhan Adcock
Published: August 2015, Plume
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
In
today’s “lean in” era, debut novelist Siobhan Adcock casts the issue of
whether women can ever “have it all” into a superbly written novel that
will have readers everywhere
talking. Bridget has given up her career to raise her daughter, but now
a terrifying presence has entered their Texas home—and only Bridget can
feel it. In 1902, motherhood spurs Rebecca to turn her back on her
husband, despite her own misgivings. As Adcock
crosscuts these two women’s stories with mounting tension, each arrives
at a terrible ordeal of her own making.
About the author: Siobhan
Adcock received her MFA in fiction from Cornell University, and her
short fiction has appeared in several literary magazines. She has worked
as a writer and editor for Epicurious, Gourmet.com,
iVillage.com, and The Knowm among other digital publishers. She lives
with her family in Brooklyn, New York.
*** Thanks to BookSparks for the heads up about this Spooky Read!!!
Sounds a bit creepy.