{"product_id":"the-lamb-9781399619714b","title":"The Lamb","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eTHE #2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e2025 Goodreads Choice Award Finalisst for Best Horror\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA gripping, sinister folktale set in contemporary Cumbria for fans of Sophie Mackintosh, Angela Carter, Daisy Johnson, Margaret Atwood and Julia Armfield\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA FOLK TALE. A HORROR STORY. A LOVE STORY. AN ENCHANTMENT.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMargot and Mama have lived by the forest since Margot can remember. When Margot isn't at school, they spend quiet days together in their cottage, waiting for strangers to knock on their door. Strays, Mama calls them. Mama loves the strays. She feeds them wine, keeps them warm. Then she satisfies her burning appetite by picking apart their bodies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Mama's want is stronger than her hunger sometimes, and when a white-toothed stray named Eden turns up in the heart of a snowstorm, little Margot must confront the shifting dynamics of her family, untangle her own desires and make a bid for freedom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith this tender coming-of-age tale, debut novelist Lucy Rose explores how women swallow their anger, desire and animal instincts - and wrings the relationship between mother and daughter until blood drips from it.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e“This is the book I've been waiting for. Dark, twisted, and utterly enthralling, The Lamb is a novel I will never forget.”—Molly Aitken, author of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eBright I Burn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e'A new generation of literary horror begins with Lucy Rose'\u003cbr\u003eGENEVIEVE JAGGER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weidenfeld \u0026 Nicolson","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42824291745872,"sku":"9781399619714B","price":10.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781399619714-l.jpg?v=1785895932","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-lamb-9781399619714b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}