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Lily is seventeen, almost off to Oxford, but she's also her mother's perfect doll, made up to look just right and wearing just what her mother wants. it hooked me from the very first line and i was so intrigued by the story that i read the first act in one sitting. On the surface, Lily’s life looks idyllic but it soon becomes clear that it’s far from that, revealed to us through her unique coping techniques, including the safe space she creates in her attic bedroom: 'Here’s where I keep me, in this hole under the floorboards.
She is represented by Hellie Ogden at Janklow and Nesbitt, and BAD FRUIT will be published by HarperFiction on 18th August 2022. Dealing with complex issues of childhood neglect, sexual and emotional abuse, this is a complex novel.
After high praise from a trusted UK friend, I quickly attempted to source this and was able to find it at the Book Depository. For all ebook purchases, you will be prompted to create an account or login with your existing HarperCollins username and password. Plus, grapes have quercetin and resveratrol, which may lower your chances of atherosclerosis, a condition when plaque builds up in your arteries, disrupting blood flow. Perfect for those who enjoyed Natsuo Kirino’s underrated mishmash of thriller and body horror, Grotesque.
I have read an extensive number of psychological thrillers, and they don’t come more complex, more haunting, more disturbing, and yet so beautifully written than Bad Fruit. Bad Fruit is a beautiful collision of mothers and daughters, human darkness and human kindness, truth and lies, remembering and forgetting, trauma and healing. Full disclosure, first person narratives are not my favourite, especially when there's trauma involved, it can be exhausting, so I think this is definitely a case of "it's not you, it's me" as most reviews are 4 and 5 star.
Eighteen-year-old Lily does everything to please her mother; she carries out her every whim, makes her spoiled juice every night and even dyes her hair and paints her face to look more like the good Chinese daughter she wants. Bad Fruit is a dark thriller about a family hiding what is rotten within, set in the leafy streets of Greenwich. I don't want to reveal too much about my family life—I mean I'm wearing a ski mask in my profile pic so that should give you an idea of my desire to be incognito—but this particular story was difficile to get through. It becomes increasing apparent that Charlie will be no help and may even be complicit in his children’s terrible abuse. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.
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