Book guide
The Children
Their mother made them famous in fiction; now her unfinished fantasy may expose what really happened in the fire.
Genre and trope pairingsGothic FantasyAncestral secretsGothic FantasyOccultGothic FantasyFamily secretsThrillerSecret pastMysteryCold caseMysteryFamily secretsMysterySecret pastLiteraryFamily secretsLiteraryDysfunctional familyLiteraryIntergenerational traumaLiteraryFragmented narrativeLiterarySocial commentary
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About The Children
Guinevere and Ennis Sharpe grew up both in an isolated Vermont farmhouse and as characters in their mother’s bestselling Ninth City novels. Decades after a fire left them the only survivors, Ennis’s unsettling new art installation and Guinevere’s resurfacing memories force the estranged siblings to question their childhood, their mother’s legacy, and the boundary between story and reality.
Reading signals
- Spice
- None
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Balanced
Content warnings
- child neglect
- death of parents
- house fire
- infidelity
- toxic family dynamics
- child abuse
