{"product_id":"9781805338062","title":"Queen Mab","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Emily McBride\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 27 August 2026 by Pushkin Press (ONE) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 304 pages\u003cbr\u003e146 x 224 x 32 | 408g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'For readers seeking a book that will shake them, \u003ci\u003eQueen Mab\u003c\/i\u003e casts its eerie spell slowly, steadily deepening a spiral of misgivings and dread and changelings, until they are entirely entranced'\u003c\/b\u003e Doireann Ní Ghríofa, author of \u003ci\u003eSaid the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA changeling child. A mother away with the fairies.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMadeleine is in her early twenties when she conceives on the night of a full moon. Having the baby will mean putting her doctoral studies on hold. Yet from the first flutter of new life, she feels its lure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen baby Maud arrives, sweet and tiny, worth every moment of a difficult labour. But when she is returned to Madeleine's arms, something feels wrong. The child won't stop crying. Her eyes glint with an ancient cunning. Could she be an imposter, switched while Madeleine wasn't watching?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, the world carries on. Buses rumble through the city. Baristas steam milk. Alone in the crowd, Madeleine searches for a way to rid herself of this ravenous creature. On her walks with the pram, voices heckle from the hedgerows and mists unfurl across the pavement, beckoning her towards fairyland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull of lingering magic and riveting menace, \u003ci\u003eQueen Mab\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of the most elemental forms of transformation, and one woman's path back to herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Smart, unsettling and tender'\u003c\/b\u003e Claudia Durastanti, author \u003ci\u003eStrangers I Know\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Perfectly captures those psychedelic, feral postpartum days'\u003c\/b\u003e Madeleine Watts, \u003ci\u003eElegy, Southwest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Darkly funny and devastating'\u003c\/b\u003e Rebecca Sarah Ley, author of \u003ci\u003eBad Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brave and powerful'\u003c\/b\u003e Samantha Hunt, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Dark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Strange and bold. It takes no prisoners'\u003c\/b\u003e Claire Oshetsky, author of \u003ci\u003eChouette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A spellbinding account of early motherhood'\u003c\/b\u003e Lana Bastašic, author of \u003ci\u003eCatch the Rabbit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49516200624387,"sku":"9781805338062","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781805338062.jpg?v=1787663810","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.live\/products\/9781805338062","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}