At the Library | Cranbrook
e-know.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from e-know.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Becoming the Thing That Haunts the House: Gothic Fiction and the Fear of Change
tor.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tor.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Becoming the Thing That Haunts the House: Gothic Fiction and the Fear of Change
tor.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tor.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
NIGHTBITCH
by Rachel Yoder (Harvill Secker £14.99, 256 pp)
In a small Midwestern town, a mother is reaching breaking point. The sleeplessness, the loneliness, the loss of identity it’s enough to push anyone over the edge. Except that when this mum gets mad, something unusual happens: she turns into a dog.
Nightbitch (as we know her) was once an artist, and in her canine form she again finds creativity, freedom and fulfilment. What’s more, she’s a better parent, delighting her young son who takes gleefully to a kennel with games of doggy.
However, as Nightbitch’s animal instincts grow stronger, they threaten to run out of control. Suffice to say that the family’s poor cat doesn’t see out its natural span.