With dark hair and an eccentric style that makes her seem younger and brighter than she is, Marisa quickly finds she cannot stand how Kate enters their life. Kate, a 36-year-old film industry publicist, appears to be everything Marisa isn't. Then, little by little, Marisa's idea of the perfect world around her begins to crumble.
Marisa's dreams of creating a family that is the opposite of the one in which she grew up seem to be coming true until she and Jake, needing some extra money, let Kate move in with them. She yearns for a baby with her loving boyfriend, Jake, a gentle and logical man who can do no wrong. This initially charming story takes an unexpected turn and turns into a taut domestic psychological thriller.Īll that Marisa, a 28-year-old children's book illustrator who lives in London, wants is a beautiful home and the quiet life of motherhood. English novelist, podcaster and journalist Elizabeth Day, author of The Party and How to Fail: Everything I've Ever Learned From Things Going Wrong, has now written Magpie, a twisted and captivating new novel.
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