How to Be Eaten - Maria Adelmann

n n*BELLETRIST JUNE BOOK CLUB PICK* n nNamed a Best Book of May by TIME Magazine & Glamour n One of NPR's Best Books of the Year n nThis darkly funny and provocative novel reimagines classic fairy tale characters as modern women in a support group for trauma.n 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.

n 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?

n n 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.n