Molly Lynch

Fates and Furies meets Melancholia in this ominous and absorbing debut novel about marriage and motherhood in a time of ecological collapse, as mothers around the world begin to mysteriously vanish from their homes Ada—a woman from Montreal living reluctantly in Michigan—vanishes from her bed one night while her husband Danny is asleep beside her, her young son, Gilles, in the next room. Desperate to locate Ada before Gilles understands what has happened, Danny begins a search. But the feds are already involved: across the country and around the world, mothers are vanishing from their homes. Where did Ada go? What has she gone through? And how does the mystery relate to the forest that she seemed magnetically drawn to? Confronting the role of motherhood and the meaning of home in the wreckage of capitalism and climate change, The Forbidden Territory of a Terrifying Woman is that rare, dazzling debut that is both thrilling and profound. It is a mystery, a play on myths of metamorphosis, and above all, a story of love—between husband and wife, mother and child—deeply troubled by the future we face.

The Forbidden Territory of a Terrifying Woman

Jérôme Ceccon

Université de Cergy-Pontoise. Centre de recherche Textes et francophonies

espaces transnationaux et imaginaires nomades en Europe

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Moira Weigel

Meghan O'Gieblyn

Andrew Blevins

Sophie Beck

Miranda Trimmier

Oded Na'aman

Barney Frank

Mark Rudd

Josephine Livingstone

Tim Peters

Ashley Woodiwiss

Nakul Krishna

Melina Abdullah

Adam Morris

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