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Tense, chilling' MARIANA ENRIQUEZ

''Lays bare intergenerational horror, feminine rage and the taking back of power'' STYLIST

''Incredible'' FINANCIAL TIMES

The house breathes.

The house contains bodies and secrets.

The house is visited by ghosts, by angels that line the roof like insects, and by saints that burn the bedsheets with their haloes.

Nobody ever leaves.

The house was built by a small-time hustler as a means of controlling his wife, and even after so many years, their daughter and her granddaughter can't leave.

They may be witches or they may just be angry, but when the mysterious disappearance of a young boy from a local wealthy family draws unwanted press attention, the two isolated women, already subjects of public scorn, combine forces with the spirits that haunt them in pursuit of something that resembles justice.

Layla Martínez's eerie debut novel Woodwo

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage Publishing
      Published 5 February 2024
      ISBN-13 9781787303973
      978-1787303973
      ISBN-10 1787303977

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Tense, chilling' MARIANA ENRIQUEZ

      ''Lays bare intergenerational horror, feminine rage and the taking back of power'' STYLIST

      ''Incredible'' FINANCIAL TIMES

      The house breathes.

      The house contains bodies and secrets.

      The house is visited by ghosts, by angels that line the roof like insects, and by saints that burn the bedsheets with their haloes.

      Nobody ever leaves.

      The house was built by a small-time hustler as a means of controlling his wife, and even after so many years, their daughter and her granddaughter can't leave.

      They may be witches or they may just be angry, but when the mysterious disappearance of a young boy from a local wealthy family draws unwanted press attention, the two isolated women, already subjects of public scorn, combine forces with the spirits that haunt them in pursuit of something that resembles justice.

      Layla Martínez's eerie debut novel Woodwo

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