Clever Little Thing: A Novel
click the link below for the full book page:
https://pdf.bookcenterapp.com/B0D1QLZ48R/Clever-Little-Thing--A-Novel
“Clver Little Thing taps into the heart of maternal fear and will shock you in the best way. This one will give you goose bumps.”—Asley Elston, #1 New York Times bestselling author of First Lie Wins Sharp and unflinching—aperfectly unnerving story. —AsleyAudrain, New York Times bestselling author of The Push A taut, powerful psychological thriller following a mother who must confront a sudden and terrifying change in her daughter after the abrupt death of their babysitterCharlotte’sdaughter Stella is sensitive and brilliant, perhaps even a genius, but a recent change in her behavior has alarmed her mother. Following the sudden death of Stella’sbabysitter, Blanka, the once disruptive and anti-social child has become docile and agreeable. But what’sunsettling is that she has begun to mirror Blanka’spersonality, from Blanka’srepetitive phrases to her accent, to fierce cravings for Armenian meat stew after being raised a vegetarian.Charlotte is pregnant with her second child, and depleted and sick with the pregnancy. She is convinced that Blanka herself is somehow responsible for Stella’stransformation. But how could Blanka, dead, still be entwined in their lives? Has Blanka somehow possessed Stella? Has Stella become Blanka? As Charlotte becomes increasingly obsessed, she is sure that only she can save her daughter. . . even though it’ssoon clear that her husband believes this is all in Charlotte’shead.Helena Echlin’ssingular, chilling voice holds light to the blurred lines of diagnosis in children and to the vital power of maternal instinct. Kaleidoscopic and tense, pulse-pounding and genuinely creepy, and infused with shades of the supernatural, Clever Little Thing is an ode to motherhood and