Madwoman

"I have been a fan of Chelsea Bieker’s fever-dream fiction about women struggling to break free from bad men since her 2020 debut Godshot. In her latest, Bieker explores the aftermath of a seemingly clean break. After a childhood spent fearing that her father would kill her mother, Clove has built a safe life with a husband who would never raise a hand to her, and children who have never known raised voices. But a letter from a women’s prison shatters the illusion that her past is past. Madwoman reads like a thriller, but with a deep meditation on the intergenerational effects of domestic violence."