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Trad Wife

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Your favourite influencer is about to be exposed . . . A deliciously sinister novel from three-time Bram Stoker award-winner Sarah Langan. Every day, millions watch Mia Wright, the "trad wife" queen, on her idyllic 300-acre farm. With her handsome husband, seven perfect children, and a... Read More
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An electrifying horror novel about the queen of the trad wives, full of gothic rot, dopplegangers and one macabre, insidious deception, from three-time Bram Stoker winner Sarah Langan.

An electrifying horror novel about the queen of the trad wives, full of gothic rot, doppelgangers and one macabre, insidious deception, from three-time Bram Stoker winner Sarah Langan.

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Your favourite influencer is about to be exposed . . .

A deliciously sinister novel from three-time Bram Stoker award-winner Sarah Langan.

Every day, millions watch Mia Wright, the "trad wife" queen, on her idyllic 300-acre farm. With her handsome husband, seven perfect children, and a life of from-scratch meals and pastoral bliss, she's an icon of modern femininity. But behind every perfect image is a secret. And in this case, the secret is a horror.

Desperate to save her tarnished career, journalist Jenny Kaplan arrives at Black Swan Farm to profile Mia. Jenny is ready to write a scathing exposΓ©, determined to uncover the deception behind Mia's curated life. But soon, Jenny has more to contend with than staged videos and picture-perfect poses. There's something wrong at the farmhouse. Something slithers through Jenny's dreams, and at night, the children sing strange nursery rhymes.

She's losing time.
She's losing her hair.
She starts to worry, that she's losing her mind.

There is a horror at the heart of Black Swan, and it's waiting just for Jenny. Trad Wife will make you question what's real and what's just a perfectly curated deception . . .

Will you see the lie?

'Sarah Langan never ceases to amaze'
GILLIAN FLYNN

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781035075973

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 May 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Tor Nightfire

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 352

About the Author

Sarah Langan, a three-time recipient of the Bram Stoker Award, is the author of several novels including A Better World and Good Neighbors. She's a founding board member of the Shirley Jackson Awards and has a master of science from NYU in environmental toxicology. She's from Long Island and now lives in Los Angeles with her family, where she works in both film and prose.

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