{"product_id":"trad-wife","title":"Trad Wife","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSarah Langan, a Columbia MFA graduate and three-time recipient of the Bram Stoker Award, is the author of several novels including \n\u003ci\u003eA Better World\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eGood Neighbors\u003c\/i\u003e. She's got an MS in environmental health science, grew up on Long Island, and she currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband and daughters. Find out more at SarahLangan.com.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Wonderfully wrong in every way, Trad Wife wants to wriggle down your mouth hole and lay eggs.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Grady Hendrix, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWitchcraft for Wayward Girls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A genre beast--menacing, claustrophobic, and wholly unexpected.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Mariana Enriquez, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eOur Share of Night\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Contemporary, gripping, and wry, \n\u003ci\u003e Trad Wife\u003c\/i\u003e is a surreal and slick feminist feast for the senses that kept me thinking long after I finished the final page. A terrifying delight! Sarah Langan is the queen of modern horror.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Sarah Pinborough, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWe Live Here Now\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBehind Her Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Flat out brilliant!\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Paul Tremblay, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHorror Movie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Sarah Langan builds her delicate menace so expertly you don't realise where you are, until it's too late. The writing and plotting are exquisite. This book sticks to the reader like superglue, like flies to flypaper. Glorious, unhinged and utterly irresistible.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Catriona Ward, USA Today bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLooking Glass Sound\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNowhere Burning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Gripping, unsettling, enthrallingly layered, and utterly laced with doom--I raced through Trad Wife with fascination and dread, like peeking through my fingers at a tragedy unfolding. As always, Sarah Langan's work is unfailingly empathetic, yet also a fascinating indictment of the public ethos. This is a riveting horror story about bodily autonomy and feminine agency at a time when we need it most.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of Girl Dinner \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"[ \n\u003ci\u003eTrad Wife\u003c\/i\u003e] is as addictive as a social media rabbit hole watching trad wives' videos of baking and collecting eggs. Once the fast-paced start has its claws in \n\u003cbr\u003e readers, they won't want to look away as the story continues to simmer. . . . Jenny's point of view immerses readers in an eerie, nuanced look at traditional wives' lives, and they will be entranced by the empathetic \n\u003cbr\u003e writing of Mia's complex character.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"[A] slick, eerie horror outing...a memorable entry in the recent slew of horror novels and thrillers sending up the trad wife phenomenon.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Publishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"A genre beast--menacing, claustrophobic, and wholly unexpected.\" --Mariana Enriquez, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eOur Share of Night\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFrom the three-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eGood Neighbors \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a chilling tale of a journalist's descent into horror as she uncovers the dark secrets behind a trad wife influencer, blending suspense with a critique of modern femininity and the manipulative forces of social media.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvery 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 and pastoral bliss, she's an icon of modern femininity. But behind every perfect image is a secret. And in this case, the secret is a horror. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDesperate 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 expose the deception behind Mia's curated life. But soon, Jenny has more to contend with than staged videos and picture-perfect poses. There's something \n\u003ci\u003ewrong\u003c\/i\u003e at the farmhouse. Something slithers through Jenny's dreams, and at night, the children sing strange nursery rhymes. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe's losing time. She's losing her hair. She starts to worry that she's losing her mind. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere is a horror at the heart of Black Swan, and it's waiting just for Jenny. \n\u003ci\u003eTrad Wife\u003c\/i\u003e will make you question what's real and what's just a perfectly curated deception... \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWill you see the lie?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/29\/2026 (EAN 9781668229651, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eLangan, Sarah\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSarah Langan, a Columbia MFA graduate and three-time recipient of the Bram Stoker Award, is the author of several novels including \n\u003ci\u003eA Better World\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eGood Neighbors\u003c\/i\u003e. 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