This Is Where We Live

The astonishing, inventive debut novel, for readers of Daisy Johnson and Rachel Yoder''s Nightbitch A single mother wakes to blood in her mouth and flesh under her fingernails. A severed toe on the doorstep. A boy missing. But her child needs to get to school. There''s a food shop to be done. Parents evenings, play dates and pasta for tea. Raising her child alone, she''s done all she can to protect them. But what if she''s the thing they need protecting from the most?

About the author

Kate Hardie is a writer, actor and screenwriter. She has written and directed films for Channel Four, The BFI and Sky, and is due to direct her feature script Starting the End. She has also taught screen writing and directing, lectured and advised on representation and diversity within the film industry, and written essays and articles for the Guardian and Dazed. This Is Where We Live is her debut novel.

Product details

• Authors: Kate Hardie
• Publisher: Fourth Estate
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.07.2024
• EAN: 9780008559304
• ISBN: 978-0-00-855930-4
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 12 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; FICTION / Women, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Psychological, Thriller / suspense, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Horror & ghost stories, Family psychology, Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Psychological thriller, Family history, tracing ancestors, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Contemporary horror and ghost stories, FICTION / LGBTQ+ / General, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary