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About The Book
From the three-time Bram Stoker Award–winning author of Good Neighbors comes a chilling tale of a journalist's descent into horror as she uncovers the dark secrets behind a trad wife influencer, blending suspense with a critique of modern femininity and the manipulative forces of social media.
Every day, millions watch Mia Wright, the “trad wife” queen, on her idyllic 300-acre farm. With her handsome husband, seven perfect children, and a life of from-scratch meals and pastoral bliss, she’s an icon of modern femininity. But behind every perfect image is a secret. And in this case, the secret is a horror.
Desperate to save her tarnished career, journalist Jenny Kaplan arrives at Black Swan Farm to profile Mia. Jenny is ready to write a scathing exposé, determined to expose the deception behind Mia’s curated life. But soon, Jenny has more to contend with than staged videos and picture-perfect poses. There’s something wrong at the farmhouse. Something slithers through Jenny’s dreams, and at night, the children sing strange nursery rhymes.
She’s losing time. She’s losing her hair. She starts to worry that she’s losing her mind.
There is a horror at the heart of Black Swan, and it’s waiting just for Jenny. Trad Wife will make you question what’s real and what’s just a perfectly curated deception…
Will you see the lie?
Product Details
- Publisher: Atria Books (September 29, 2026)
- Length: 320 pages
- ISBN13: 9781668229651
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Raves and Reviews
"Gripping, unsettling, enthrallingly layered, and utterly laced with doom—I raced through Trad Wife with fascination and dread, like peeking through my fingers at a tragedy unfolding. As always, Sarah Langan’s work is unfailingly empathetic, yet also a fascinating indictment of the public ethos. This is a riveting horror story about bodily autonomy and feminine agency at a time when we need it most." —Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of Girl Dinner
"Sarah Langan builds her delicate menace so expertly you don't realise where you are, until it's too late. The writing and plotting are exquisite. This book sticks to the reader like superglue, like flies to flypaper. Glorious, unhinged and utterly irresistible." —Catriona Ward, USA Today bestselling author of Looking Glass Sound and Nowhere Burning
"Wonderfully wrong in every way, Trad Wife wants to wriggle down your mouth hole and lay eggs." —Grady Hendrix, New York Times bestselling author of Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
"A genre beast—menacing, claustrophobic, and wholly unexpected." —Mariana Enriquez, New York Times bestselling author of Our Share of Night
"Contemporary, gripping, and wry, Trad Wife is a surreal and slick feminist feast for the senses that kept me thinking long after I finished the final page. A terrifying delight! Sarah Langan is the queen of modern horror." —Sarah Pinborough, New York Times bestselling author of We Live Here Now and Behind Her Eyes
"Flat out brilliant!" —Paul Tremblay, New York Times bestselling author of Horror Movie
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