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The Lamb
The Lamb: A Novel | Lucy Rose
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"The Lamb . . . is not out until January but it has already created a buzz."Sunday Times This is the book I've been waiting for. Dark, twisted and utterly enthralling, The Lamb is a novel I will never forget. Lucy Rose's prose gave me chills, perfectly capturing the horrors and beauties of girlhood. Dear reader, I predict you will be as obsessed as me.Molly Aitken, author of Bright I Burn From an incendiary new talent, a contemporary queer folktale about a mother and daughter living in the woods, for fans of Angela Carter, Margaret Atwood, and Julia Armfield. A FOLK TALE. A HORROR STORY. A LOVE STORY. AN ENCHANTMENT. Margot and Mama have lived by the forest ever since Margot can remember. When Margot is not at school, they spend quiet days together in their cottage, waiting for strangers to knock on their door. Strays, Mama calls them. People who have strayed too far from the road. Mama loves the strays. She feeds them wine, keeps them warm. Then she picks apart their bodies and toasts them off with some vegetable oil. But Mamas want is stronger than her hunger sometimes, and when a beautiful, white-toothed stray named Eden turns up in the heart of a snowstorm, Margot must confront the shifting dynamics of her family, untangle her own desires, and make her own bid for freedom. With this gothic coming-of-age tale, debut novelist Lucy Rose explores how women swallow their anger, desire, and animal instinctsand wrings the relationship between mother and daughter until blood drips from it.
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twinkletoes74
The Lamb: A Novel | Lucy Rose
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This book is not for the faint-hearted. Its descriptions are quite graphic. It is a story of a mother and daughter who are both cannibals. They live in the middle of nowhere and prey on vulnerable walkers and people who are lost.
They invite Eden into their home with devastating consequences.

LiteraryChanteuse Thanks for the recommendation 😊 5d
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RaeLovesToRead
The Lamb: A Novel | Lucy Rose
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Here are my #camplitsy2025 nominations!
Sorry... I put 5 instead of 4 because I'm TERRIBLE AT THIS SORT OF THING.

- The Lamb by Lucy Rose
- Who Wants To Live Forever by Hanna Thomas Uose
- The Ladie Upstairs by Jessie Elland
- I Want to Go Home but I'm Already There by Roisín Lanigan
- Fair Play by Louise Hegarty

Check out these synopses!!!!! What do you think??

I'm also up for The Dream Hotel, but it's already been nominated lots!

Sace I was waffling about I Want To Go Home as well. 2w
Sace Oh! And there was another I wanted to nominate but I was afraid to post five 😂 2w
RaeLovesToRead @Sace I hope @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain and @Megabooks don't disqualify me 😬😬😅😅 2w
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Megabooks Definitely not DQed!! Thanks for the great nominations!! 2w
Ruthiella Awesome list of possibilities! 👍 2w
Ruthiella @Sace You should nominate your extra pick ( unless someone else already has) so it‘s at least on the longlist! 2w
BarbaraBB No problem at all of course. I am very intrigued by I want to go home! Great choices! 2w
Sace @Ruthiella I think I might! 2w
squirrelbrain I nearly nominated The Lamb…. 2w
Caroline2 Yes!!! Lamb! I completely forgot about Lamb. Thanks for nominating. I will defo be voting for that for the shortlist. 👍 1w
RaeLovesToRead @Megabooks Can't wait for camp!!!! 🥰🥰 1w
RaeLovesToRead @Ruthiella Why thank you 😁😁 1w
RaeLovesToRead @BarbaraBB The title spoke to me 😊 1w
RaeLovesToRead @squirrelbrain @Caroline2 It's been big in the UK... not sure how popular it's been abroad! I think it would be an interesting pick!! 1w
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ReadingOver50
The Lamb: A Novel | Lucy Rose
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I liked the writing style, it was easy to follow. This is a sad, disgusting story. Licking mold off the walls bothered me more than the cannibalism.

CSeydel That‘s a sentence I never thought I‘d read, and hope I never do again 2w
Deblovestoread @CSeydel You and me both and not an image I want to live in my brain. 🤢 2w
Gleefulreader That‘s quite the review 😂😂😂 2w
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JacqMac
The Lamb: A Novel | Lucy Rose
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I love an independent bookstore. They always check the books before you buy them, in case there is a wrinkled page. They hold them in such a delicate way. And you know it‘s going to be a great read when they give you the nod of approval as they judge your purchase.