Crow Face, Doll Face

"e;Beautifully written, tender and terrifying."e; UNA MANNIONAnnie surrendered her fantasy of travelling the world, settled instead for marrying her beloved Peter and becoming a mother. When her two youngest daughters her Crow Face and her Doll Face perform a seemingly impossible act of levitation at a family picnic, Annie realises that they are truly extraordinary. Magical. And it's her role to protect them. With growing paranoia and a bitter fatalism, she spirits her daughters away from their home and the wreck of her marriage. But she commits a terrible, unthinkable, unmotherly act on the way. Crow Face, Doll Face is an uncanny, brooding tale of domestic disturbances, dysfunctional families, flawed mothers, and unfulfilled dreams. "e;I can't think of anyone who's currently writing more assuredly, or more enjoyably, in the fantastical tradition of Angela Carter, Emma Tennant and Elizabeth Bowen."e; STEVE DUFFY"e;Deliciously unsettling delicately peels away the layers of ordinary family life to reveal dark truths underneath."e; CATRIN KEAN"e;Unflinching in its authentic and raw portrayal of the complexities of motherhood."e; PHILIPPA HOLLOWAY