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From the writer of the internationally best-selling The Lake of Dead Languages comes a gripping book about madness, motherhood, love, and trust. When Daphne Marist and her baby daughter, Chloe, move up the gravel drive to the house of Daphne's new company, it feels like they've entered a complete new world. Tucked in the Catskills, the rock mansion appears like something out of a fairy tale, its lush landscaping design concealing the view of the mental asylum just beyond its boundary. Daphne guaranteed the live-in position using an assumed name and imitation credentials, telling nobody that she's on the run from a controlling husband that has threatened to adopt her little princess away. Daphne's new life is a long way off from the main one she got in Westchester, where, just months before, she and her hubby welcomed little Chloe. From the start Daphne tries to be always a good mom, but she's suffering from dark moods and intrusive thoughts that persuade her she's with the capacity of harming her own little princess. When Daphne is diagnosed with postpartum mood disorder, her downward spiral feels unstoppable - until she complies with Laurel Hobbes. Laurel, who also has a daughter called Chloe, is everything Daphne isn't: charismatic, complex, fearless. They immediately form an powerful friendship, disclosing secrets one to the other they thought they'd never show. Soon they start to look likewise, dress likewise, and talk likewise, their lives mirroring each other in unusual and troubling ways. But Daphne realizes only too past due that being friends with Laurel will come at an extremely stunning price - the one that will finally lead her to that towering mansion in the Catskills where terrifying, long-hidden truths will finally be revealed....
