{"product_id":"9780008711429","title":"Our Monstrous Bodies","description":"Author(s): Cleary, Emma, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 12\/03\/2026,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 416 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: The Borough Press,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: HarperCollins Publishers,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945),\u003cbr\u003e Dimensions: 146 x 225 x 37\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\/EAN\/SKU: 9780008711429\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Glitters with menace' LUCY ROSE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'Visceral and affecting' EMMA VAN STRAATEN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Hypnotic and deeply unsettling… both tender and terrifying’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCELIA SILVANI\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'Utterly unique, experimental and, simultaneously, a page-turner with the sly, creeping pace of a horror film' HEATHER O'NEILL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn extraordinary literary horror debut from a rising star.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  My eyes snapped open and I saw something else in the mirror, something else that wasn’t me…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  In the wake of an ill-omened romance with a horror cinephile, Brooke arrives in Vancouver to care for her sister, Izzy, who is facing reproductive surgery. But Izzy’s rapidly decaying apartment building, its hallways stalked by an ominous crone known only as Medusa, offers little refuge to the sisters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Seeking solace in the films her ex-girlfriend loved, Brooke soon finds traces of horror bleeding from the screen into her life. Old wounds reopen and new frictions surface, and when Brooke begins to exhibit strange symptoms of her own, Izzy’s concern spirals into obsession. The line between self and sister blurs until only one question remains: who, or what, will survive when all unravels?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Through the dual lenses of art and horror cinema, Emma Cleary brilliantly dissects loneliness, motherhood and the body’s threatened autonomy. Eerie and threaded with yearning, Our Monstrous Bodies is a haunting literary debut that blooms with the dark desires we suppress or to which we surrender.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cleary, Emma","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56455283376514,"sku":"9780008711429","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/2180\/9347\/files\/9780008711429_80092b38-3d21-4a7c-add5-c331dc55cfe8.jpg?v=1775908976","url":"https:\/\/mountfloridabooks.com\/products\/9780008711429","provider":"Mount Florida Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}