{"product_id":"the-stepdaughter-mcnally-editions","title":"The Stepdaughter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbandoned by her philandering husband, J is left alone in their elegant Upper West Side apartment to care for both her young daughter and her thirteen-year-old stepdaughter, Renata. Increasingly isolated and resentful, she turns her sharp intelligence and restless imagination toward the awkward, vulnerable girl, transforming ordinary domestic tensions into a quiet psychological battleground. As J's bitterness deepens, the line between private fantasy and deliberate cruelty begins to blur, with unsettling consequences for everyone under her roof.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDarkly funny, razor-sharp, and psychologically devastating, \u003cem\u003eThe Stepdaughter\u003c\/em\u003e is Caroline Blackwood's unforgettable debut novel and a masterclass in literary black comedy. With unsparing wit and remarkable insight, Blackwood dissects loneliness, envy, maternal ambivalence, and the quiet violence that can lurk within family life, creating a novel that is as unsettling as it is brilliant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCaroline Blackwood (1931–1996) was an Anglo-Irish novelist, memoirist, and journalist celebrated for her mordant humour and psychologically acute fiction. The author of \u003cem\u003eGreat Granny Webster\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCorrigan\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Last of the Duchess\u003c\/em\u003e, she remains one of the most distinctive literary voices of the twentieth century, renowned for exposing the absurdities and cruelties hidden beneath privilege and domestic respectability.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMcNally Editions\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJune 3, 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e144\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSubjects\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiterary Fiction · Classics · Psychological Fiction · British \u0026amp; Irish Literature\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9781961341234\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Old Post Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45222952468662,"sku":"9781961341128","price":25.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/2264\/4150\/files\/9781961341128.jpg?v=1782567512","url":"https:\/\/oldpostbookshop.com\/products\/the-stepdaughter-mcnally-editions","provider":"Old Post Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}