{"product_id":"little-darlings-paperback","title":"Little Darlings - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMelanie Golding\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Refinery29 Best Summer Thriller - An Amazon Best Book of the Month \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The anxieties of motherhood take center stage in this \"atmospheric and very creepy\" debut psychological thriller that reinvents the changeling myth with the flair of Angela Carter (\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Everyone says Lauren Tranter is exhausted, that she needs rest. And they're right; with newborn twins, Morgan and Riley, she's never been more tired in her life. But she knows what she saw: that night, in her hospital room, a woman tried to take her babies and replace them with her own...\u003ci\u003ecreatures\u003c\/i\u003e. Yet when the police arrived, they saw no one. Everyone, from her doctor to her husband, thinks she's imagining things. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A month passes and one bright summer morning, the babies disappear from Lauren's side in a park. When they're found, something is different about them. The infants look like Morgan and Riley--to everyone else. But to Lauren, something is off. As everyone around her celebrates their return, Lauren begins to scream, \u003ci\u003eThese are not my babies\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Determined to bring her true infant sons home, Lauren will risk the unthinkable. But if she's wrong about what she saw...she'll be making the biggest mistake of her life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Compulsive, creepy, and inspired by some of our darkest fairy tales, \u003ci\u003eLittle Darlings\u003c\/i\u003e will have you checking--and rechecking--your own little ones. Just to be sure. Just to be safe.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Chilling story, beautiful prose.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--Clare Mackintosh, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eI Let You Go\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMelanie Golding\u003c\/b\u003e is a graduate of the MA in creative writing program at Bath Spa University, with distinction. She has been employed in many occupations including farm hand, factory worker, childminder and music teacher. Throughout all this, because and in spite of it, there was always the writing. In recent years she has won and been shortlisted in several local and national short story competitions. \u003ci\u003eLittle Darlings\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel, and has been optioned for screen by Free Range Films, the team behind the adaptation of \u003ci\u003eMy Cousin Rachel\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 08, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699915100223,"sku":"9781643854441","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/2a544c667ce1cfb9ab3c5bb556e3e68f.webp?v=1765014919","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/little-darlings-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}