02084cam a2200301 i 4500 394090897 TxAuBib 20191016120000.0 180921s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018044381 9781982113162 26.00 1982113162 26.00 eng rda TxAuBib rda Phillips, Helen, 1981- The need [BOOK] : a novel / Helen Phillips. First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2019. 261 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "When Molly, home alone with her two young children, hears footsteps in the living room, she tries to convince herself it's the sleep deprivation. She's been hearing things these days. Startling at loud noises. Imagining the worst-case scenario. It's what mothers do, she knows. But then the footsteps come again, and she catches a glimpse of movement. Suddenly Molly finds herself face-to-face with an intruder who knows far too much about her and her family. As she attempts to protect those she loves most, Molly must also acknowledge her own frailty. Molly slips down an existential rabbit hole where she must confront the dualities of motherhood: the ecstasy and the dread; the languor and the ferocity; the banality and the transcendence as the book hurtles toward a mind-bending conclusion. In The Need, Helen Phillips has created a subversive, speculative thriller that comes to life through blazing, arresting prose and gorgeous, haunting imagery. Helen Phillips has been anointed as one of the most exciting fiction writers working today, and The Need is a glorious celebration of the bizarre and beautiful nature of our everyday lives.". 20191016. Mothers Fiction. Home invasion Fiction. Children Fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.)