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Jul 9, 2019 · In The Need, Helen Phillips has created a subversive, speculative thriller that comes to life through blazing, arresting prose and gorgeous, haunting imagery. Anointed as one of the most exciting fiction writers working today, The Need is a glorious celebration of the bizarre and beautiful nature of our everyday lives.
In The Need, Helen Phillips has created a subversive, speculative thriller that comes to life through blazing, arresting prose and gorgeous, haunting imagery.
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Jul 7, 2019 · In Helen Phillips’s “The Need,” an exhausted mom, home with her baby and toddler, hears an intruder in the next room — or does she?
Jul 9, 2019 · The Need, which finds a mother of two young children grappling with the dualities of motherhood after confronting a masked intruder in her home, is “like nothing you’ve ever read before…in a good way” (People).
Jul 9, 2019 · Books. Book Reviews. Motherhood meets the sci-fi surreal in Helen Phillips' brilliant The Need. By. Leah Greenblatt. Published on July 9, 2019 04:34PM EDT. Photo: Simon and Schuster. Every day,...
The Need (2019), a literary thriller by American novelist Helen Phillips, follows mother-of-two Molly as she becomes convinced that an intruder has invaded her home.
The Need is a genre-bending novel about Molly, a scientist and mother of two young children. When a masked intruder appears in her home and demonstrates an eerie familiarity with the inner workings of her life, Molly falls down a mind-bending rabbit hole.
The Need, which finds a mother of two young children grappling with the dualities of motherhood after confronting a masked intruder in her home, is “like nothing you’ve ever read before…in a good way” (People).
When Molly, home alone with her two young children, hears footsteps in the living room, she tries to convince herself it’s the sleep deprivation. She’s been hearing things these days. Startling at loud noises. Imagining the worst-case scenario. It’s what mothers do, she knows.
Jul 7, 2020 · In The Need, Helen Phillips has created a subversive, speculative thriller that comes to life through blazing, arresting prose and gorgeous, haunting imagery.
