The Nursery
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- Paperback published on 07/03/2024
- Page count: 208 pages
- ISBN: 9780861544943
Synopsis
'I'm obsessed with this novel.' Jessamine Chan, author of The School for Good Mothers
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR, 2023
AN UNFORGETTABLE NOVEL ABOUT MATERNAL FEAR AND THE MYTH OF IDYLLIC EARLY MOTHERHOOD
The baby I hold in my arms is a leech, let’s call her Button. Button is crying. There is a before, and there is an after.
In her cramped New York apartment, a mother wilts beneath the intense August heat, struggling to adapt to her role as the silent interpreter of her newborn baby’s needs. She is not the first woman to give birth, to hold and carry and soothe and cradle. But the walls of her home seem to press ever closer as she balances on the fragile tightrope between maternal instinct and the longing for all she has left behind.
A lifeline emerges in the unexpected form of Peter, her ailing upstairs neighbour, who hushes the baby with his oxygen tank in tow. They are both confined to this oppressive apartment building, and they are both running out of time. Something is soon to crack.
In this mesmerizing portrait of the first days of motherhood, Szilvia Molnar lays bare the strength it takes to redefine who you are, rediscovering the simple pleasures of life along the way. 'I was blown away by this book... At once somber and joyful, sly and earnest, nimble and painstaking, perverse and profoundly invigorating.' Lydia Kiesling, award-winning author of The Golden Stat
About the author
Szilvia Molnar is a writer and the foreign rights director at a New York-based literary agency. Her writing has appeared in publications including Guernica, Lit Hub, Triangle House Review and Two Serious Ladies. Originally from Budapest and raised in Sweden, she now splits her time between New York City and Austin, Texas. The Nursery is her first novel.
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