The Lamb by Lucy Rose

A FOLK TALE. A HORROR STORY.

A LOVE STORY. AN ENCHANTMENT.

Margot and Mama live by the forest. When Margot is not at school, they spend quiet days together in their cottage, waiting for strangers to knock on their door. Strays, Mama calls them. Mama loves the strays. She feeds them wine, keeps them warm. Then she satisfies her burning appetite by picking apart their bodies. 

But when a stray called Eden turns up in the heart of a snowstorm, little Margot must confront the shifting dynamics of her family, untangle her own desires and make a bid for freedom. 

In this tender coming-of-age tale, Rose explores how women swallow their anger, desire and animal instincts - and wrings the mother-daughter relationship until blood drips from it.