Pretty Baby
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- ¥380
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Mary Kubica – bestselling author of The Good Girl – delivers a stunning new psychological thriller about a chance encounter that sparks an unrelenting web of lies...
Heidi Wood has always been a charitable woman: she works for a non–profit, takes in stray cats. Still, her husband and daughter are horrified when Heidi comes home one day with a teenage girl named Willow and her four–month–old baby in tow. Dishevelled and apparently homeless, this girl could be a criminal – or worse. But despite her family's objections, Heidi invites Willow and the baby to take refuge in their home.
Heidi spends the next few days helping Willow get back on her feet, but as clues into Willow's past begin to surface, Heidi is forced to decide how far she's willing to go to help a stranger. What starts as an act of kindness quickly spirals into a story far more twisted than anyone could have anticipated.
"[Pretty Baby] is almost hypnotic and anything but predictable...This book will give insomniacs a compelling reason to sit up all night." – Kirkus
"A twisty, roller coaster ride of a debut. Fans of Gone Girl will embrace this equally evocative tale." – Lisa Gardner, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Fear Nothing
“Kubica's powerful debut...will encourage comparisons to Gone Girl.” – Publishers Weekly, starred review
“Similar in tone to William Landay's acclaimed Defending Jacob, this excellent debut is compulsively readable and highly recommended.” – Library Journal
“Kubica's debut thriller...will have readers guessing what's really going on until the final pages.” – Booklist
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Kubica follows her acclaimed debut, 2014's The Good Girl, with a superb psychological thriller. Heidi Wood's husband, Chris, and 12-year-old daughter, Zoe, are used to her rants about recycling, poverty, and literacy, as well as her endless, depressing stories about the immigrants and refugees she meets through the Chicago nonprofit for which she works. But her family didn't expect Heidi to invite homeless teen Willow Greer and her infant, Ruby, to live with them. Heidi, whose dreams of a large family ended when she had a hysterectomy to save her life, becomes obsessed with Willow and especially Ruby, even as her marriage frays and she ignores Zoe. Afraid that Willow could be violent, Chris tries to find out her background and whether Ruby is even her baby. A series of flashbacks shift among the points of view of Heidi, Chris, and Willow as this heartbreaking tale about obsession, foster care, and the debilitating effects of unacknowledged grief builds to a stunning conclusion. 10-city author tour.
