Tantrum

In this electric horror novel from the author of The Insatiable Volt Sisters,an exhausted mother thinks her newborn might be a monster. SheΓÇÖs right. TheaΓÇÖs third pregnancy was her easiest. She wasnΓÇÖt consumed with anxiety about the baby. She wasnΓÇÖt convinced it was going to be born greenor have a third eyeor have tentacles sprouting from its torso. Thea was fine. Her baby would be fine. But when the nurses handed Lucia to herThea just knew. Her baby girl was a monster. Not only was Lucia born with a full set of teeth and a devilish glint in her eyebut sheΓÇÖs always hungry. Indiscriminately so. One day Lucia pointed at her baby brotherlooked Thea dead in the eye and saidΓÇ£I eat.ΓÇ¥ Thea doesnΓÇÖt know whether to be terrified or proud of her rapacious baby girl. And as Lucia starts growing faster and talking moredark memories bubble to the surface–flashes from TheaΓÇÖs childhood that wonΓÇÖt release their hooks from her heart. Lucia wants to eat the world. Thea might just let her. Crackling with originality and dark humorRachel Eve MoultonΓÇÖs Tantrum is a provocative exploration of familial debtdutyand the darker side of motherhood.