Queen Mab

Madeleine, a promising grad student, is newly married when her baby daughter Maud arrives perfect - despite a traumatic labour. But just a few nights into their life, something seems amiss. Maud never stops crying. Her hunger is insatiable. Her eyes glint with a kind of ancient mischief. Could Maud be a fairy child, swapped when she wasn't paying attention? Is her real daughter elsewhere, dancing in the half-light with sprites and foxes? As her husband Tom continues with his day-to-day, working toward a promotion, Madeleine slips further into violent visions. Panicked at her lack of maternal love and shut out from her old life, she turns to what she knows best, literature, for answers.

Format/pages: hardback / 304 pages

ISBN: 9781805338062

Publisher: Pushkin Press

Year: 2026