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From the critically acclaimed author of Bunny comes a horror-tinted, gothic fairy tale about a lonely dress shop clerk whose mother's unexpected death sends her down a treacherous path in pursuit of youth and beauty. Can she escape her mother's fate - and find a connection that is more than skin deep?. For as long as she can remember, Belle has been insidiously obsessed with her skin and skincare videos. When her estranged mother Noelle mysteriously dies, Belle finds herself back in Southern California, dealing with her mother's considerable debts and grappling with lingering questions about her death. The stakes escalate when a strange woman in red appears at the funeral, offering a tantalizing clue about her mother's demise, followed by a cryptic video about a transformative spa experience.
About the Author
Mona Awad is the author of four novels. Her debut novel, 13 WAYS OF LOOKING AT A FAT GIRL, won the Amazon Best First Novel Award and was shortlisted for the Giller Prize. Her second novel, BUNNY, was a finalist for a Choice Award for Best Horror, the New England Book Award and won the Ladies of Horror Fiction Best Novel Award. Her most recent novel, ALL'S WELL, was a finalist for a Choice Award for Best Horror. Her new novel, ROUGE, is forthcoming in September 2023 with Simon & Schuster. She earned an MFA in fiction from Brown University and an MScR in English from the University of Edinburgh where her dissertation was on fear in the fairy tale. In 2018, she completed a Ph. D. in Creative Writing and English at the University of Denver. She currently teaches creative writing at Syracuse University and lives in Boston.
