Little darlings: a novel
(Book)
Author:
Published:
New York, NY : Crooked Lane, 2019.
Format:
Book
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Desc:
312 pages ; 24 cm
Status:
Description
A Refinery29 Best Summer Thriller · An Amazon Best Book of the Month
The anxieties of motherhood take center stage in this “atmospheric and very creepy” debut psychological thriller that reinvents the changeling myth with the flair of Angela Carter (Guardian).
Everyone says Lauren Tranter is exhausted, that she needs rest. And they’re right; with newborn twins, Morgan and Riley, she’s never been more tired in her life. But she knows what she saw: that night, in her hospital room, a woman tried to take her babies and replace them with her own...creatures. Yet when the police arrived, they saw no one. Everyone, from her doctor to her husband, thinks she’s imagining things.
A month passes and one bright summer morning, the babies disappear from Lauren’s side in a park. When they’re found, something is different about them. The infants look like Morgan and Riley—to everyone else. But to Lauren, something is off. As everyone around her celebrates their return, Lauren begins to scream, These are not my babies.
Determined to bring her true infant sons home, Lauren will risk the unthinkable. But if she’s wrong about what she saw...she’ll be making the biggest mistake of her life.
Compulsive, creepy, and inspired by some of our darkest fairy tales, Little Darlings will have you checking—and rechecking—your own little ones. Just to be sure. Just to be safe.
“Chilling story, beautiful prose.”
—Clare Mackintosh, New York Times bestselling author of I Let You Go
The anxieties of motherhood take center stage in this “atmospheric and very creepy” debut psychological thriller that reinvents the changeling myth with the flair of Angela Carter (Guardian).
Everyone says Lauren Tranter is exhausted, that she needs rest. And they’re right; with newborn twins, Morgan and Riley, she’s never been more tired in her life. But she knows what she saw: that night, in her hospital room, a woman tried to take her babies and replace them with her own...creatures. Yet when the police arrived, they saw no one. Everyone, from her doctor to her husband, thinks she’s imagining things.
A month passes and one bright summer morning, the babies disappear from Lauren’s side in a park. When they’re found, something is different about them. The infants look like Morgan and Riley—to everyone else. But to Lauren, something is off. As everyone around her celebrates their return, Lauren begins to scream, These are not my babies.
Determined to bring her true infant sons home, Lauren will risk the unthinkable. But if she’s wrong about what she saw...she’ll be making the biggest mistake of her life.
Compulsive, creepy, and inspired by some of our darkest fairy tales, Little Darlings will have you checking—and rechecking—your own little ones. Just to be sure. Just to be safe.
“Chilling story, beautiful prose.”
—Clare Mackintosh, New York Times bestselling author of I Let You Go
Copies
Location
Call Number
Status
Last Check-In
Eagle River Adult Fiction
FIC GOL
Available
Sep 5, 2023
Grantsburg Adult Fiction
GOLDING
Available
Jul 5, 2023
Mellen Adult Fiction
FIC GOL
Available
Sep 14, 2020
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Language:
English
ISBN:
1683319974, 9781683319979
Notes
Description
Everyone says Lauren Tranter is exhausted, that she needs rest. And they're right; with newborn twins, Morgan and Riley, she's never been more tired in her life. But she knows what she saw: that night, in her hospital room, a woman tried to take her babies and replace them with her own creatures. Yet when the police arrived, they saw no one. Everyone, from her doctor to her husband, thinks she's imagining things. A month passes. And one bright summer morning, the babies disappear from Lauren's side in a park. But when they're found, something is different about them. The infants look like Morgan and Riley to everyone else. But to Lauren, something is off. As everyone around her celebrates their return, Lauren begins to scream, "These are not my babies". Determined to bring her true infant sons home, Lauren will risk the unthinkable. But if she's wrong about what she saw she'll be making the biggest mistake of her life.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Golding, M. (2019). Little darlings: a novel. First edition. New York, NY, Crooked Lane.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Golding, Melanie. 2019. Little Darlings: A Novel. New York, NY, Crooked Lane.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Golding, Melanie, Little Darlings: A Novel. New York, NY, Crooked Lane, 2019.
MLA Citation (style guide)Golding, Melanie. Little Darlings: A Novel. First edition. New York, NY, Crooked Lane, 2019.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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