SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING AMY ADAMS • In this blazingly smart and voracious
debut novel an artist turned stay-at-home mom becomes convinced she's turning into a dog. • A
must-read for anyone who can’t get enough of the ever-blurring line between the psychological
and supernatural that Yellowjackets exemplifies. —VultureOne day the mother was a mother but
then one night she was quite suddenly something else...An ambitious mother puts her art career
on hold to stay at home with her newborn son but the experience does not match her
imagination. Two years later she steps into the bathroom for a break from her toddler's
demands only to discover a dense patch of hair on the back of her neck. In the mirror her
canines suddenly look sharper than she remembers. Her husband who travels for work five days a
week casually dismisses her fears from faraway hotel rooms.As the mother's symptoms intensify
and her temptation to give in to her new dog impulses peak she struggles to keep her
alter-canine-identity secret. Seeking a cure at the library she discovers the mysterious
academic tome which becomes her bible A Field Guide to Magical Women: A Mythical Ethnography
and meets a group of mommies involved in a multilevel-marketing scheme who may also be more
than what they seem. An outrageously original novel of ideas about art power and womanhood
wrapped in a satirical fairy tale Nightbitch will make you want to howl in laughter and
recognition. And you should. You should howl as much as you want.
