Description
From girlhood, Nicole is trained to survive within strict boundaries—barred from leaving home, shaped by her mother’s lessons, and taught to fear the very signs of womanhood that mark her village. Promised to a husband she barely knows, she enters marriage expecting safety, only to find herself trapped in a decaying mansion where her body and identity begin to slip beyond her control. As she watches, listens, and clings to rules that no longer hold, the arrival of a rebellious fellow wife cracks open a hidden lineage of resentful brides and the secrets that have been buried for generations. With a tense, atmospheric blend of psychological unease and gothic transformation, this novel explores autonomy, bodily agency, inherited trauma, and the dangerous comfort of obedience—until awakening demands a choice between survival and selfhood.
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paperback
Simon and Schuster
Published Apr 14, 2026
288 pages
ISBN: 9781668098103
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Details
First Published
2026
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Wife Shaped Bodies by Laura Cranehill.