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by Karma Brown
The chilling horror debut from a #1 international bestselling author—an art conservator's obsession with a mysterious painting spirals into a nightmarish descent, where the line between reality and the supernatural shatters, threatening both her sanity and her life.
Mathilde "Tilly" Crewson, a thirty-nine-year-old mother and art conservator, is tasked with restoring The Mother. The painting, believed to be the work of a female surgeon-turned-artist after a personal tragedy, is the rumored fourth piece in a collection of only three known works. But this newly discovered painting, scarred by fire, holds more than meets the eye.
Soon after receiving the painting, Tilly discovers she's unexpectedly pregnant, and strange, inexplicable occurrences begin: terrifying insect swarms, eerie visits from her long-deceased mother, and sinister whispers that invade her mind. As these malevolent forces intensify, Tilly comes to a harrowing realization: the only way to sever the perilous bond she shares with the painting is to destroy it. But The Mother has plans of her own—and they're darker than Tilly could ever imagine... .
"A riveting and insightful ghost story about parental grief and bodily autonomy, this is sure to linger with readers long after the final page." —Publishers Weekly
"Beginning with a quote from The Picture of Dorian Grey, Brown's horror debut more than delivers on that ominous foreshadowing with a tale that begins uneasily and steadily builds to all consuming terror...Compelling, immersive, and psychologically unnerving."
—Booklist
"Brown's cursed-media horror features an eerie painting that will have readers questioning what's real or imagined." —Library Journal
"Karma Brown explodes onto the horror scene with a terrifying tale ... Proceed with caution!" —Julie Clark, New York Times bestselling author
"Mother is Watching is eerie, compulsive, almost fanatical, about the fine line between motherhood and grief, and obsession and reality—a gripping, chilling entrance into the horror genre for the brilliant Karma Brown." —Ashley Tate, #1 national bestseller of Twenty-Seven Minutes
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Karma Brown is the author of six novels: the #1 international bestseller Recipe for a Perfect Wife, What Wild Women Do, Come Away with Me (a Globe and Mail Best Book of 2015), Globe and Mail and Toronto Star bestsellers The Choices We Make and In This Moment, and The Life Lucy Knew. She is also the author of bestseller The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life. An award-winning journalist, Karma has been published in SELF, Redbook, and Today's Parent, among others. She lives just outside Toronto with her husband, daughter, and a Labradoodle named Fred.
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