{"product_id":"tantrum-9780593854600","title":"Tantrum","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this electric horror novel from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Insatiable Volt Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e, an exhausted mother thinks her newborn might be a monster. She's \u003ci\u003eright\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThea's third pregnancy was her easiest. She wasn't consumed with anxiety about the baby. She wasn't convinced it was going to be born green, or have a third eye, or have tentacles sprouting from its torso. Thea was fine. Her baby would be \u003ci\u003efine\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when the nurses handed Lucia to her, Thea just knew. Her baby girl was a monster. Not only was Lucia born with a full set of teeth and a devilish glint in her eye, but she's always hungry. Indiscriminately so. One day Lucia pointed at her baby brother, looked Thea dead in the eye and said, \"I eat.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThea doesn't know whether to be terrified or proud of her rapacious baby girl. And as Lucia starts growing faster and talking more, dark memories bubble to the surface--flashes from Thea's childhood that won't release their hooks from her heart. Lucia wants to eat the world. Thea might just let her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCrackling with originality and dark humor, Rachel Eve Moulton's \u003ci\u003eTantrum\u003c\/i\u003e is a provocative exploration of familial debt, duty, and the darker side of motherhood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachel Eve Moulton\u003c\/b\u003e earned her B.A. from Antioch College and her M.F.A. from Emerson College. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eChicago Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCream City Review, Bryant Literary Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNarrative Magazine, Southwest Review, New Ohio Review, Button Eye Review, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Bangalore Review \u003c\/i\u003eamong other publications. Her debut novel--\u003ci\u003eTinfoil Butterfly\u003c\/i\u003e--was long-listed for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, and nominated for both a Shirley Jackson Award and a Bram Stoker. Her second novel--\u003ci\u003eThe Insatiable Volt Sisters--\u003c\/i\u003ewas named as one of the top ten horror novels of 2023 by the \u003ci\u003eNYT Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e. She's spent most of her life as an educator, writer, and editor. She lives with her husband and two daughters in the mountains east of Albuquerque.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"G.P. Putnam's Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51552935051538,"sku":"9780593854600","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_327b1623-37e9-4df9-aaa3-8f5bca944f9b.jpg?v=1754913668","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/tantrum-9780593854600","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}