The Stepdaughter: One Of The Greatest, Darkest Writers Who Ever Lived Virginia Feito (Virago Modern Classics)

Discover Caroline BlackwoodS Darkly Brilliant Debut A Perfect Rediscovered Classic For Fans Of Shirley Jackson And Ottessa MoshfeghA Bracingly Nasty Book . . . Splendid, Dark, Often Very Funny Megan Nolan, TelegraphA Lavish Upper West Side Apartment Is The Site Of A Familial Cold War About To Enter A Phase Of Dangerous Escalation.J Is A Lonely Woman Without The Luxury Of Being Alone. Her Husband Has Fled To Paris With His Latest Flame, Leaving J With Not Only Their Own FourYearOld Daughter, Sally Ann, But The Sulky, CakeMix Addicted, ThirteenYearOld Renata, A Leftover From His Previous Marriage.Writing Letters In Her Head To Imaginary Friends, J Delights In Dwelling On The Hapless Renata, Who Invites A Kind Of Cruelty. This Is An Invitation J Fully Intends To Take Up And Like So Many Stepmothers Before Her, She Will Find That Wickedness, Once Indulged, Is A Difficult Habit To Kick. A Mordant Black Splinter Of A Book, Caroline BlackwoodS First Novel Is A Testament To Her RazorSharp Mastery And Mockery Of The Darkest Depths Of Human Feeling.Contained And Ferocious TlsPunchy . . . A Clever And Perfectly Formed Novel The TimesOne Of The Greatest, Darkest Writers Who Ever Lived Virginia FeitoWitty, Observant, Clever GuardianThe Perfect Book For People Who Find Joan Didion Too EvenKeeled, Renata Adler Too FairMinded . . . In Its Own Way, ItS A Perfect Novel . . . It Deserves To Be A Cheeky Summer Hit La Review Of BooksBlackwood Was In Fact A Writer Of Rare Distinction, The Author Of WitDrenched Books About The Wages Of Class, WomenS Inhumanity To Women, Bitchiness, Greed, Abjection, Family, Monsters New YorkerCaroline Blackwood Sits Firmly Alongside The Greats Like Shirley Jackson And Patricia Highsmith. Her Writing Is Smart, Economical And As Dark As Night Araminta Hall