Kinder, Küche, Kirche – und kein Entkommen. Sarah Langans furchteinfößender Horrorroman über das „Trad Wife“-Phänomen. Jeden Tag verfolgen Hunderttausende das Leben der berühmten Trad-Wife-Influencerin Mia Wright auf ihrer idyllischen Farm »Black Swan«. Mit ihrem gutaussehenden Ehemann, sieben perfekten Kindern und einem Leben voller selbst zubereiteter Mahlzeiten in ländlicher Idylle ist sie eine Ikone moderner Weiblichkeit. Doch Journalistin Jenny Kaplan möchte hinter ihre perfekte Fassade schauen – und je länger sie sich dafür auf der Farm aufhält, desto mehr merkt sie, dass hier etwas ganz und gar nicht stimmt. Jenny fängt an, schlecht zu träumen, und ihr Gedächtnis weist mehr und mehr Lücken auf. Im Herzen von “Black Swan” verbirgt sich ein Schrecken, der sie nach und nach zu verschlingen droht …
Sarah Langan Poradie kníh (chronologicky)
Táto autorka majstrovsky skúma temné stránky ľudskej psychiky a vzťahov, často zasadzuje svoje príbehy do obyčajných, ale napätých prostredí. Jej próza vyniká prenikavým vhľadom do motivácií postáv a nečakanými zvratmi, ktoré čitateľov držia v napätí až do samého konca. Skrze svoje texty sa venuje zložitým témam, ktoré rezonujú s moderným životom a jeho skrytými úzkosťami. Jej diela sú poznačené silným zmyslom pre atmosféru a hlbokým pochopením ľudskej povahy.






A Better World
- 452 stránok
- 16 hodin čítania
As the outside world literally falls apart, Linda and Russell Farmer-Bowen and their teenage twins are offered the chance to relocate to Plymouth Valley, a walled-off company town with clean air, pantries that never go empty, and blue-ribbon schools. The family jumps at the opportunity. They’d be crazy not to take it. This might be their last chance at survival.But fitting in takes work. And the strange residents fervently adhere to a group of customs and beliefs called Hollow... but what exactly is Hollow? Finally, thanks to Linda’s medical skills they begin to find acceptance, and everything seems fine. Sure, Russell starts hyperventilating through a paper bag in the middle of the night, and the kids have drifted like bridgeless islands, but at least they’ll survive. But something isn’t right. The more Linda learns, the more frightened she becomes. Should the Farmer-Bowens be fighting to stay, or fighting to get out?
Good Neighbors
- 304 stránok
- 11 hodin čítania
"Welcome to Maple Street, a picture-perfect slice of suburban Long Island, its residents bound by their children, their work, and their illusion of safety in a rapidly changing world. Arlo Wilde, a gruff has-been rock star who's got nothing to show for his fame but track marks, is always two steps behind the other dads. His wife, beautiful ex-pageant queen Gertie, feels socially ostracized and adrift. Spunky preteen Julie curses like a sailor and her kid brother Larry is called "Robot Boy" by the kids on the block. Their next-door neighbor and Maple Street's Queen Bee, Rhea Schroeder - a lonely community college professor repressing her own dark past - welcomes Gertie and family into the fold. Then, during one spritzer-fueled summer evening, the new best friends share too much, too soon. As tensions mount, a sinkhole opens in a nearby park, and Rhea's daughter Shelly falls inside. The search for Shelly brings a shocking accusation against the Wildes that spins out of control. Suddenly, it is one mom's word against the other's in a court of public opinion that can end only in blood."--Provided by publisher
The Missing
- 352 stránok
- 13 hodin čítania
"A remote and affluent Maine community, Corpus Christi was untouched by the environmental catastrophe that destroyed the neighbouring blue-collar town of Bedford. But all that will change in a heartbeat...The nightmare is awakened when third-grade schoolteacher Louis Larkin takes the children on a field trip to Bedford. There in the abandoned woods, a small, cruel boy unearths an ancient horror- a contagious plague that transforms its victims into something violent, hungry... and inhuman. The long, dark night is just beginning. And all hope must die as the contagion feeds- for the malevolence will not rest until it had devoured every living soul in Corpus Christi... and beyond."--Provided by publisher.