Bad Apple

Bad Apple by Zoje Stage. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780593079850.

Seven-year-old Hanna is a sweet but silent angel in the adoring eyes of her daddy. He’s the only person who understands her and Hanna loves him with all her heart. But with Mummy, things are different. Suzette loves her daughter, but after years of difficulties with babysitters and teachers, and strained home schooling, her precarious health and sanity are weakening day by day. Then Hanna speaks for the first time, alone, to Suzette. But what she says is chilling. Suzette wants to write it off as a scary joke, but she’s becoming seriously frightened. Could she be in danger from her own child? And can she make her husband – who seems blind to their toxic family dynamics – believe her? Baby Teeth is a blazing debut novel about a perfect-looking family – where sweetness can be deceptive.