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Bitter Is the Heart

A Novel

Mina Hardy

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Hardback

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English
Crooked Lane Books
15 October 2024
Haunted by childhood abuse, a woman is forced to care for her cruel elderly mother in this electrifying horror novel exploring generational trauma, perfect for fans of Cassandra Khaw and T. Kingfisher.

Haunted by childhood abuse, a woman is forced to care for her cruel elderly mother in this electrifying horror novel exploring generational trauma, perfect for fans of Cassandra Khaw and T. Kingfisher.

Tamar Glass fled an abusive mother when she was eighteen, running away from home to find a better life elsewhere. She has lived in freedom from her mother, Ruth, for decades, until one night she wakes to find her now-elderly mother standing over her bed, disoriented and confused.

When Tamar reluctantly takes in her mother, strange events start happening inside her home- the house becomes oppressively hot, lights flicker, and cupboards open and shut on their own. Whispers filter beneath her bedroom door. Tamar learns that Ruth has been kicked out of her assisted living home, and other facilities refuse to house her and endanger their own residents. Tamar has spent years suppressing her childhood trauma, but it comes rushing back with each strange event in her home.

As Tamar copes with their disturbing past, which her mother stubbornly refuses to admit to, she can't shake the feeling that there's something worse than her mother lurking in the shadows. Perfect for fans of The Haunting of Hill House, this terrifying novel unravels one dark strand at a time.
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Imprint:   Crooked Lane Books
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 244mm,  Width: 162mm, 
Weight:   567g
ISBN:   9781639108633
ISBN 10:   1639108637
Pages:   304
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Mina Hardy writes books. Usually, they feature good people making bad choices, but sometimes they might be about bad people making good choices. Either way, everyone is basically a mess, and you shouldn't trust any of them. From twisted tales of domestic suspense to darker stories of bumping in the night, you can expect thrills and a few chills.

Reviews for Bitter Is the Heart: A Novel

Praise for Bitter is the Heart: “Bitter is the Heart is the kind of book that gets under your skin and leaves marks. The raw mother-daughter relationship and the steadily growing horror culminate into an unforgettable climax..” —Darcy Coates, USA Today bestselling author of Where He Can’t Find You “With a thread of generational trauma that just won’t break, Mina Hardy’s Bitter is the Heart takes the mother-daughter relationship to a whole new terrifying level.” —J.H. Markert, author of Mister Lullaby and The Nightmare Man “Bitter is the Heart is pure arrhythmic horror. Reading it disrupts your own pulse. Symptoms include deep-rooted trauma, disquieting mother-daughter bonds, and sleepless, sleepless nights.” —Clay McLeod Chapman, author of What Kind of Mother and Ghost Eaters


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