How to Be Eaten: A Novel
This darkly funny and provocative novel reimagines classic
fairy tale characters as modern women in a support group for trauma.
In present-day New York City, five women meet in a basement
support group to process their traumas. Bernice grapples with the fallout of
dating a psychopathic, blue-bearded billionaire. Ruby, once devoured by a wolf,
now wears him as a coat. Gretel questions her memory of being held captive in a
house made of candy. Ashlee, the winner of a Bachelor-esque dating show,
wonders if she really got her promised fairy tale ending. And Raina's love
story will shock them all.
Though the women start out wary of one another, judging each
other’s stories, gradually they begin to realize that they may have more in
common than they supposed . . . What really brought them here? What secrets
will they reveal? And is it too late for them to rescue each other?
Dark, edgy, and wickedly funny, this debut for readers of
Carmen Maria Machado, Kristen Arnett, and Kelly Link takes our coziest, most
beloved childhood stories, exposes them as anti-feminist nightmares, and
transforms them into a new kind of myth for grown-up women.
