{"product_id":"the-other-mother-a-novel-9780062819833","title":"The Other Mother: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eMary Higgins Clark Award-winning author An atmospheric and harrowing tale  richly literary in complexity but ripe with all the crazed undertones  confusions  and forebodings inherent in the gothic genre. Recommend this riveting  du Maurierlike novel to fans of Jennifer McMahon.  Booklist (starred review) From the author of the internationally bestselling The Lake of Dead Languages comes a gripping novel about madness  motherhood  love  and trust. When Daphne Marist and her infant daughter  Chloe  pull up the gravel drive to the home of Daphnes new employer  it feels like theyve entered a whole new world. Tucked in the Catskills  the stone mansion looks like something out of a fairy tale  its lush landscaping hiding the view of the mental asylum just beyond its border. Daphne secured the live-in position using an assumed name and fake credentials  telling no one that shes on the run from a controlling husband who has threatened to take her daughter away. Daphnes new life is a far cry from the one she had in Westchester where  just months before  she and her husband welcomed little Chloe. From the start  Daphne tries to be a good mother  but shes plagued by dark moods and intrusive thoughts that convince her shes capable of harming her own daughter. When Daphne is diagnosed with Post Partum Mood Disorder  her downward spiral feels unstoppableuntil she meets Laurel Hobbes. Laurel  who also has a daughter named Chloe  is everything Daphne isnt: charismatic  sophisticated  fearless. They immediately form an intense friendship  revealing secrets to one another they thought theyd never share. Soon  they start to look alike  dress alike  and talk alike  their lives mirroring one another in strange and disturbing ways. But Daphne realizes only too late that being friends with Laurel will come at a very shocking priceone that will ultimately lead her to that towering mansion in the Catskills where terrifying  long-hidden truths will finally be revealed....\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67909690064949,"sku":"ByrdShop_0062819836","price":102.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780062819833.jpg?v=1794085380","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-other-mother-a-novel-9780062819833","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}