Abby Lamb has done it. She’s found the Great Good in her husband, Ralph, and together they will start a family and put all the darkness in her childhood to rest. But then the Lambs move in with Ralph’s mother, Laura, whose depression has made it impossible for her to live on her own. She’s venomous and cruel, especially to Abby, who has a complicated understanding of motherhood given the way her own, now-estranged, mother raised her.
When Laura takes her own life, her ghost starts to haunt Abby and Ralph in very different ways. Ralph is plunged into depression, and Abby is being terrorized by a force intent on taking everything she loves away from her. With everything on the line, Abby must make the ultimate sacrifice in order to prove her adoration to Ralph and break Laura’s hold on the family for good.
Motherthing eBook : Hogarth, Ainslie: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
THE NIGHT RALPH’S MOTHER flayed her forearms, a woman in a red dress handed him a business card (1)
(Atlantic Books, Kindle Book, 6 October 2022, 290 pages, borrowed from Kindle Unlimited)
I’ve wanted to read Motherthing for ages because I’ve read so many good reviews. I was delighted to finally get my hands on it thanks to Kindle Unlimited which I subscribed to because of TikTok and the fact so many books are included. This is a very dark book, especially towards the end when Abby’s grip on reality starts to waver. I thought this was an engrossing read. I’d recommend it.
4/5
