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THE INSPIRATION FOR FX'S AMERICAN HORROR STORY: DELICATE STARRING EMMA ROBERTS AND KIM KARDASHIAN
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Anna Alcott is desperate to have a family. But as she tries to balance her increasingly public life as an indie actress with a grueling IVF journey, she starts to suspect that someone is going to great lengths to make sure that never happens. Crucial medicines are lost. Appointments get swapped without her knowledge. Cryptic warnings have her jumping at shadows. And despite everything she's gone through to make this pregnancy a reality, not even her husband is willing to believe that someone is playing twisted games with her.
Then her doctor tells her she's had a miscarriage—except Anna's convinced she's still pregnant despite everything the grave-faced men around her claim. She can feel the baby moving inside her, can see the strain it's taking on her weakening body. Vague warnings become direct threats as someone stalks her through the bleak ghost town of the snowy Hamptons. As her symptoms and sense of danger grow ever more horrifying, Anna can't help but wonder what exactly she's carrying inside of her…and why no one will listen when she says something is horribly, painfully wrong.
Genre: Mystery
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK
As seen in People, Vanity Fair, Variety, Entertainment Weekly, USA Today, Shondaland, and more!
Anna Alcott is desperate to have a family. But as she tries to balance her increasingly public life as an indie actress with a grueling IVF journey, she starts to suspect that someone is going to great lengths to make sure that never happens. Crucial medicines are lost. Appointments get swapped without her knowledge. Cryptic warnings have her jumping at shadows. And despite everything she's gone through to make this pregnancy a reality, not even her husband is willing to believe that someone is playing twisted games with her.
Then her doctor tells her she's had a miscarriage—except Anna's convinced she's still pregnant despite everything the grave-faced men around her claim. She can feel the baby moving inside her, can see the strain it's taking on her weakening body. Vague warnings become direct threats as someone stalks her through the bleak ghost town of the snowy Hamptons. As her symptoms and sense of danger grow ever more horrifying, Anna can't help but wonder what exactly she's carrying inside of her…and why no one will listen when she says something is horribly, painfully wrong.
Genre: Mystery
Praise for this book
"Delicate Condition is the feminist update to Rosemary's Baby we all needed-a twisty page-turner with unsettling details and crackling writing that's also a timely critique of sexism in modern medicine." - Andrea Bartz
"What a thrilling, visceral read. So dark, and very fast paced." - Heather Darwent
"A visceral rallying cry against the horrors of medical gaslighting, our culture's indifference to birthing people's pain, and the complete terror of creating and sustaining life. Beautifully written, unbearably tense, and deeply scary." - Katie Gutierrez
"An absolute cracker of a read, one to be read by all women, everywhere. I could not put it down." - Lisa Hall
"A frightening, propulsive read brimming with brutal truths about motherhood, autonomy, and the everyday horror of not being believed. This twisty horror thriller will have you guessing until the staggering end." - Rachel Harrison
"So many reader emotions, I didn't know who to trust; if anyone! Delicate Condition is a thriller, a horror, a mystery and it's lingering in my mind, an aftereffect of a chilling read!" - J M Hewitt
"Pitch black horror meets smart psychological thriller in this fantastically moreish debut. I devoured it, feeling simultaneously sick and thrilled. And that ending... just perfect." - SJI Holliday
"Heartbreakingly visceral, eerie and intense, feeling, with every new turn of the page, what it's like for your body to no longer be your own. A spooky, devour-in-one-sitting story that's guaranteed to have everyone talking." - Leah Konen
"A darkly visceral and magically evocative novel. You won't be able to put this one down until you've absorbed every last terrifying word." - Sarah Lawton
"Fabulously original. A deeply unsettling read that plays on women's darkest fears of pregnancy." - Gemma Rogers
"What a thrilling, visceral read. So dark, and very fast paced." - Heather Darwent
"A visceral rallying cry against the horrors of medical gaslighting, our culture's indifference to birthing people's pain, and the complete terror of creating and sustaining life. Beautifully written, unbearably tense, and deeply scary." - Katie Gutierrez
"An absolute cracker of a read, one to be read by all women, everywhere. I could not put it down." - Lisa Hall
"A frightening, propulsive read brimming with brutal truths about motherhood, autonomy, and the everyday horror of not being believed. This twisty horror thriller will have you guessing until the staggering end." - Rachel Harrison
"So many reader emotions, I didn't know who to trust; if anyone! Delicate Condition is a thriller, a horror, a mystery and it's lingering in my mind, an aftereffect of a chilling read!" - J M Hewitt
"Pitch black horror meets smart psychological thriller in this fantastically moreish debut. I devoured it, feeling simultaneously sick and thrilled. And that ending... just perfect." - SJI Holliday
"Heartbreakingly visceral, eerie and intense, feeling, with every new turn of the page, what it's like for your body to no longer be your own. A spooky, devour-in-one-sitting story that's guaranteed to have everyone talking." - Leah Konen
"A darkly visceral and magically evocative novel. You won't be able to put this one down until you've absorbed every last terrifying word." - Sarah Lawton
"Fabulously original. A deeply unsettling read that plays on women's darkest fears of pregnancy." - Gemma Rogers
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