Dark Lullaby

Dark Lullaby
Polly Ho-Yen
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NZ$ 24.99
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NZ$ 19.99
Paperback
h203 x 130mm - 320pg
23 Mar 2021 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9781789094251
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For fans of Black Mirror and The Handmaid' s Tale, in Dark Lullaby a mother desperately tries to keep her family together in a society where parenting standards are strictly monitored. Kit is an ' out' , she doesn' t want children. Infertility is universal and she has witnessed the agonies of her friends and sister going through the painful and dangerous fertility treatment, Induction, and then struggling to keep their babies, and cannot face going through it herself. But then she meets Thomas, and gradually the idea of a baby becomes more and more important. She and Thomas go through Induction and have a baby girl, Mimi. At first everything goes well but then the small mistakes, ISPs (Insufficient Standard of Parenting), build up and suddenly Kit is face to face with the idea of losing Mimi, and she is forced to ask herself how far she will go to keep her family together.
"With fabulous world-building and a plot so tight you could bounce a quarter off of it, Dark Lullaby is a Handmaid' s Tale for the modern world, about the ways our human need for love can serve as both society' s salvation, and its undoing. " Sarah Langan, author of Good Neighbors ' This gripping thriller has everything: beautiful writing, shedloads of tension, family drama. It made me grateful for my fragile freedoms. ' Emily Koch, author of If I Die Before I Wake Praise for the author: "This matches a dystopian plot with a hugely engaging narrator. . . An unusual and very impressive debut. " Fiona Noble, The Bookseller "Haunting and compelling, with characters you really care for" Vanessa Lewis, The Bookseller
Polly Ho-Yen lives in Bristol with her husband. She used to be a primary-school teacher and now writes fiction for children (9-12 year olds) with a sci-fi or fantasy twist. She has been shortlisted for the Waterstones Children' s Book Prize and the Blue Peter Book Award. This is her first adult novel.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781789094251
Published: 23 Mar 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Titan Books
Publisher: Titan Books
Format: Paperback
Height: 203mm
Width: 130mm
Weight: 368g
Pages: 320

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