{"product_id":"queen-mab-9780374617820","title":"Queen Mab","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere is a changeling in this story--but who? \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMadeleine is young for motherhood, a promising grad student in Victorian and Modernist literature, twenty-three and not long married. Even her mother worries about the timing. But Madeleine's ambivalence is pushed aside by Tom's elation and her own joy at bringing new life to the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen comes Maud, perfect and fresh and worth every moment of difficult labor. But after just a few nights, something seems amiss, changed. The child never stops crying. Her hunger is insatiable. Her eyes glint with some kind of ancient mischief. Could Maud be a fairy child, swapped when Madeleine wasn't paying attention? Is the real Maud dancing in the half-light with the fairies and the foxes? Did the gray cat hide her behind the hedge? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeanwhile, the world around them continues in its humdrum ease. Tom works toward a promotion, urging Madeleine to connect with other moms and keep in touch with her colleagues. Her parents travel from abroad to meet the baby, but Madeleine is unnerved by her father's new obsession with genealogy and DNA tests. Interrupted by visions, panicked at her lack of maternal feelings, shut out from her old life, she frantically searches for answers. But the old stories end in sorrow and bloodshed. And fairies do more than kidnap babies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA riveting portrait of madness, motherhood, the myths that haunt us, and the families who keep us tethered, Emily McBride's \u003ci\u003eQueen Mab\u003c\/i\u003e asks us to reconsider what is real and how we might see a truer picture of ourselves through the darkness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/04\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374617820\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2026 pg. 115\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Emily McBride","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52679661093045,"sku":"9780374617820","price":23.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/queen-mab-9780374617820","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}