Madwoman

Service95 Recommends is the home of the books we love and reviews from our contributors. Madwoman by Chelsea Bieker follows Clove who, from the outside, has it all, but her carefully constructed life comes under threat when she receives a letter from her incarcerated mother.

What We Say: “Touching on themes including domestic violence, the pressures of being a parent and the modern obsession with ‘wellness’, Madwoman tells the story of Clove and the carefully curated life she has designed for herself and her family, which is brought under threat when her mother sends a letter from the prison where she is serving a life sentence for murder. This is a book that explores the complexity of life after trauma, and for every event that you anticipate, there are more surprises and twists and turns that you won’t see coming” – Stella Fabinyi 

What They Say: “Madwoman is a feminist page-turner — sharp writing meets daring plotting and defiant truth-telling. The result is a firecracker of a novel, an exploration between two covers” —Tayari Jones

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Stella Fabinyi is Managing Director at Service95