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Maddy and Rory are devoted parents to 3-year-old Joshua, committed to keeping him happy and safe. But when an everyday visit to a supermarket café turns into a far more troubling incident, their trust even in those closest to them is shattered. Fear and doubt consume them, until they reach a savage breaking point. Gut is a taut psychological thriller that explores who we can trust with our children. And whether it’s more dangerous not to trust at all.

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'A vision of a society where hypervigilance has replaced trust, where the gap between sensible parental oversight and pathological control is frighteningly small... holds the audience spellbound... exposes a fault line of social dysfunction with a relentless and transfixing logic'

* Guardian *

'Picks at the psychological sores of a post-Yewtree climate... takes leaps out of the ordinary to illustrate the extremes a mother's love sometimes must endure'

* Herald *

'Accurately pinpoints parental fears and explores them with innard-wrenching effect'

* The Stage *

Gut

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      Publisher Nick Hern Books
      Published 19 April 2018
      ISBN-13 9781848427167
      978-1848427167
      ISBN-10 1848427166

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Maddy and Rory are devoted parents to 3-year-old Joshua, committed to keeping him happy and safe. But when an everyday visit to a supermarket café turns into a far more troubling incident, their trust even in those closest to them is shattered. Fear and doubt consume them, until they reach a savage breaking point. Gut is a taut psychological thriller that explores who we can trust with our children. And whether it’s more dangerous not to trust at all.

      Trade Review

      'A vision of a society where hypervigilance has replaced trust, where the gap between sensible parental oversight and pathological control is frighteningly small... holds the audience spellbound... exposes a fault line of social dysfunction with a relentless and transfixing logic'

      * Guardian *

      'Picks at the psychological sores of a post-Yewtree climate... takes leaps out of the ordinary to illustrate the extremes a mother's love sometimes must endure'

      * Herald *

      'Accurately pinpoints parental fears and explores them with innard-wrenching effect'

      * The Stage *

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