Book guide
Sorrowland
She fled a cult, but her body brought the truth with her.
Genre and trope pairingsHorrorCultHorrorBody horrorHorrorIsolationLiteraryTrauma recoveryLiterarySocial commentary
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About Sorrowland
Vern gives birth to twins alone in the woods after escaping a secluded religious compound. As her body changes in frightening, powerful ways, she must confront the compound’s secrets and the brutal histories of racism, medical abuse and dehumanization that shaped her.
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- Darkness
- Dark
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- Slow
Content warnings
- racism
- misogyny
- ableism
- homophobia
- transphobia
- body-shaming
- adult-minor-relationship
- hallucinations
- suicide
- self-harm
- drugging
- forced-sterilization
- teen-pregnancy
- childbirth
- blood
- gore
- burns
- child-death
- infant-death
- torture
- gun-violence
- fire
- drowning
- poisoning
- cult
- animal-death
- sexual assault
- child abuse
- body horror
