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Trad Wife [Hardback] – Saratoga Schaefer

£16.99

A tradwife influencer desperate to complete her picture-perfect life makes a wish for a baby, only to discover that getting everything she wants may come at a horrifying cost.

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Overview
Synopsis

Every trad wife needs a baby. Camille will get one – no matter the cost.

Camille Deming has built her online identity around being the perfect traditional wife, sharing idyllic homemaking content with followers while struggling to conceive and maintain the appearance of a happy marriage. When she makes a wish at a mysterious old well, her prayers appear to be answered. But her pregnancy brings increasingly disturbing changes. Blending grotesque supernatural horror with dark satire, Trad Wife explores the terrifying consequences of chasing an idealised version of womanhood. The perfect next read for fans of The Substance for its body horror and societal expectations.

All Nightmare Nook Books are selected by our chief Book Ghoul, Cat. Here’s why Trad Wife made the cut:

“One of the reasons I love horror so much is because of the mirror it holds up to society. Trad Wife reflects on very timely subject matter around influencer culture and the role women are expected to play.”

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Synopsis

Every tradwife needs a baby. Camille will get one – no matter the cost.

Camille lives to embody the perfect traditional wife―cooking, cleaning, homesteading, and documenting it all for her followers. But without a baby, her image―and her following―feels incomplete.

When Camille discovers a crumbling well hidden in the wheat field behind her new house, she is drawn to it, despite its proximity to an ominous local forest. Unsure of what to do, she makes a wish.

Soon, she’s haunted by vivid dreams she believes are divine. Then something visits her―something not quite angelic. Her belly swells unnaturally fast. Her cravings turn raw. And yet, her announcement goes viral.

But as Camille’s influence grows, so does the horror inside her. The life she always wanted is finally within reach… if it doesn’t consume her first.

"Forget flipping through Baby 411, readers are going to need Baby 911 after meeting the newborn at the sweet, succulent heart of Saratoga Schaefer's surprisingly tender — and stunningly stomach-turning — new novel Trad Wife. A Rosemary's Baby for our modern social media mindset, no IG filter can rinse the blood-soaked body horror off your subconscious once you're done devouring this beaut of a book." – Clay McLeod Chapman, author of Wake Up and Open Your Eyes