Rouge : A NovelMona Awad FRONTLIST September 12, 2023 9781982169695, 1982169699 Hardcover 384 pages 22. 9 cm H 15. 2 cm W 2. 3 cm T 550. 2 g Wt Fiction Literary From the critically acclaimed author of Bunny comes a horror tinted, gothic fairy tale about a lonely dress shop clerk whose mothers unexpected death sends her down a treacherous path in pursuit of youth and beauty. Can she escape her mothers fateand find a connection that is more than skin deep? For as long
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From the critically acclaimed author ofBunnycomes a horror-tinted, gothic fairy tale about a lonely dress shop clerk whose mother’s unexpected death sends her down a treacherous path in pursuit of youth and beauty. Can she escape her mother’s fate—and find a connection that is more than skin deep?
For as long as she can remember, Belle has been insidiously obsessed with her skin and skincare videos. When her estranged mother Noelle mysteriously dies, Belle finds herself back in Southern California, dealing with her mother’s considerable debts and grappling with lingering questions about her death. The stakes escalate when a strange woman in red appears at the funeral, offering a tantalizing clue about her mother’s demise, followed by a cryptic video about a transformative spa experience. With the help of a pair of red shoes, Belle is lured into the barbed embrace ofLa Maison de Méduse, the same lavish, culty spa to which her mother was devoted. There, Belle discovers the frightening secret behind her (and her mother’s) obsession with the mirror—and the great shimmering depths (and demons) that lurk on the other side of the glass.
Snow WhitemeetsEyes Wide Shutin this surreal descent into the dark side of beauty, envy, grief, and the complicated love between mothers and daughters. With black humor and seductive horror,Rougeexplores the cult-like nature of the beauty industry—as well as the danger of internalizing its pitiless gaze. Brimming with California sunshine and blood-red rose petals,Rougeholds up a warped mirror to our relationship with mortality, our collective fixation with the surface, and the wondrous, deep longing that might lie beneath.