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Simon & Schuster Audio 2022
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For fans of The Last Mrs. Parrish comes a twisty psychological suspense novel about motherhood, obsession, and just how far some will go for the perfect family. "Great, plain and simple" (Stanley Tucci).
Marisa and Jake are a perfect couple. And Kate, their new lodger, is the perfect roommate—and not just because her rent payments will give them the income they need to start trying for the baby of their dreams.

Except—no one is truly perfect. Sure, Kate doesn't seem to care much about personal boundaries and can occasionally seem overly familiar with Jake. But Marisa doesn't let it concern her, knowing that soon Kate will be gone, and it will just be her, Jake, and their future baby.

Conceiving a baby is easier said than done, though, and Jake and Marisa's perfect relationship is put to the test through months of fertility treatments and false starts. To make matters worse, Kate's boundary-pushing turns into an all-out obsession—with Jake, with Marisa, and with their future child. Who is this woman? Why does she seem to know everything about Marisa and Jake?

In her quest to find out who Kate really is, Marisa might destroy everything she's worked so hard to create—her perfect romance, her perfect family, and her perfect self.

Jake doesn't know the half of what Marisa has created—and what she stands to lose.

For fans of Gone Girl and The Perfect Nanny, Magpie is a "tense" (The Guardian), "gorgeous" (Lisa Taddeo, bestselling author of Three Women), "completely, terrifyingly brilliant" (Marian Keyes, author of Grown Ups) novel about mothers and children, envy and possession, and the dangers of getting everything you've ever dreamed of.
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Unabridged
Street Date:
05/03/2022
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781797140094
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Elizabeth Day. (2022). Magpie. Unabridged Simon & Schuster Audio.

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Elizabeth Day. 2022. Magpie. Simon & Schuster Audio.

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Elizabeth Day, Magpie. Simon & Schuster Audio, 2022.

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Elizabeth Day. Magpie. Unabridged Simon & Schuster Audio, 2022.

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Marisa and Jake are a perfect couple. And Kate, their new lodger, is the perfect roommate—and not just because her rent payments will give them the income they need to start trying for the baby of their dreams.

Except—no one is truly perfect. Sure, Kate doesn't seem to care much about personal boundaries and can occasionally seem overly familiar with Jake. But Marisa doesn't let it concern her, knowing that soon Kate will be gone, and it will just be her, Jake, and their future baby.

Conceiving a baby is easier said than done, though, and Jake and Marisa's perfect relationship is put to the test through months of fertility treatments and false starts. To make matters worse, Kate's boundary-pushing turns into an all-out...
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For fans of The Last Mrs. Parrish comes a twisty psychological suspense novel about motherhood, obsession, and just how far some will go for the perfect family. "Great, plain and simple" (Stanley Tucci).
Marisa and Jake are a perfect couple. And Kate, their new lodger, is the perfect roommate—and not just because her rent payments will give them the income they need to start trying for the baby of their dreams.

Except—no one is truly perfect. Sure, Kate doesn't seem to care much about personal boundaries and can occasionally seem overly familiar with Jake. But Marisa doesn't let it concern her, knowing that soon Kate will be gone, and it will just be her, Jake, and their future baby.

Conceiving a baby is easier said than done, though, and Jake and Marisa's perfect relationship is put to the test through months of fertility treatments and false starts. To make matters worse, Kate's boundary-pushing turns into an all-out obsession—with Jake, with Marisa, and with their future child. Who is this woman? Why does she seem to know everything about Marisa and Jake?

In her quest to find out who Kate really is, Marisa might destroy everything she's worked so hard to create—her perfect romance, her perfect family, and her perfect self.

Jake doesn't know the half of what Marisa has created—and what she stands to lose.

For fans of Gone Girl and The Perfect Nanny, Magpie is a "tense" (The Guardian), "gorgeous" (Lisa Taddeo, bestselling author of Three Women), "completely, terrifyingly brilliant" (Marian Keyes, author of Grown Ups) novel about mothers and children, envy and possession, and the dangers of getting everything you've ever dreamed of.
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        March 14, 2022
        Day’s clever latest (after The Party) delves into the shaky life of a pregnant woman who is further disrupted once a lodger moves into her home. Having survived a rough childhood and sexual assault, Marisa finally finds peace when she moves in with her boyfriend, Jake. But she’s only known him for three months, and there’s a red flag: his frosty mother, Annabelle, constantly dotes on him and touts their closeness while making clear her dislike for Marisa. Still, Marisa relishes the feeling of safety Jake gives her and chooses not to rock the boat. When money gets tight, the couple agree to lease a room in their house to Kate, who immediately makes herself at home and acts very familiar and affectionate with Jake. Marisa begins to suspect that Jake and Kate are having an affair, possibly with Annabelle’s blessing. Day successfully turns the narrative on its head in the second half, which tells the whole story very differently from Kate’s point of view. She also cannily subverts a few tired tropes to create a convincing final act, with a twist rooted in clues that were there all along. Readers will thoroughly enjoy this.

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        August 1, 2022

        Best known for The Party, Day offers listeners a tense psychological suspense novel about a seemingly perfect couple and their housemate, who live in London. Marisa and Jake are trying to have a baby, and they invite a lodger named Kate to live with them to save on rent. Kate seems like the perfect fit until she becomes overly interested in Marisa and Jake's affairs. As Marisa grows suspicious, she begins to look into who Kate really is, which may ultimately destroy the perfect life she thought that she had with Jake. Day weaves a tangled web of writing full of twists throughout the novel that will leave listeners enthralled and anxious. In addition, the story sheds much-needed light on the ups and downs of a couple struggling with infertility. Narrator Tanya Reynolds, with her elegant English accent, delivers raw emotions from each personality, but her breathy transitions take a bit of getting used to. VERDICT Fans of Fatal Attraction and Single White Female will enjoy this character-driven and intensely suspenseful thriller.--Lacey Webster

        Copyright 2022 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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