Edith Holler

<p><b>A witty and entrancing story of a young woman trapped in a ramshackle English playhouse and the mysterious figure who threatens its very survival, from the author of <i>Little</i></b></p><p> 'Extraordinary... funny, troubling, playful, magical and vastly energetic' A.L. Kennedy</b></p><p>Norwich, 1901: Edith Holler spends her days among the eccentric denizens of the Holler Theatre, warned by her domineering father that the playhouse will literally tumble down if she should ever leave.</p><p>Fascinated by tales of the city she knows only from afar, young Edith decides to write a play of her own about Mawther Meg, a monstrous figure said to have used the blood of countless children to make the local delicacy, Beetle Spread. But when her father suddenly announces his engagement to a peculiar woman named Margaret Unthank, Edith scrambles to protect her father, the theatre, and her play-the one thing that's truly hers-from the newcomer's sinister designs.</p><p>Teeming with unforgettable characters and illuminated by Carey's trademark illustrations, <i>Edith Holler</i> is a surprisingly modern fable of one young woman's struggle to escape her family's control and craft her own creative destiny.</p>