How to Be Eaten

<P><B>AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR </B></P><P><B>This darkly funny and provocative novel reimagines classic fairy tale characters as modern women in a support group for trauma.</B></P><P>In present-day New York City, five women meet in a basement support group to process their traumas. Bernice grapples with the fallout of dating a psychopathic, blue-bearded billionaire. Ruby, once devoured by a wolf, now wears him as a coat. Gretel questions her memory of being held captive in a house made of candy. Ashlee, the winner of a Bachelor-esque dating show, wonders if she really got her promised fairy tale ending. And Raina's love story will shock them all.<br><br>Though the women start out wary of one another, judging each other’s stories, gradually they begin to realize that they may have more in common than they supposed . . . What really brought them here? What secrets will they reveal? And is it too late for them to rescue each other?<br><br>​Dark, edgy, and wickedly funny, this debut for readers of Carmen Maria Machado, Kristen Arnett, and Kelly Link takes our coziest, most beloved childhood stories, exposes them as anti-feminist nightmares, and transforms them into a new kind of myth for grown-up women.</P><P><B>Named a Best Book of the Month by </B><I><B>TIME Magazine & Glamour</B></I><B>  · A Belletrist Book Club Pick</B></P>