{"product_id":"don-t-leave-her-alone-0288","title":"Don't Leave Her Alone","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Full of tenderness and delirium, moving between suburban realism and fairy tale.\"\u003c\/b\u003e -- Mariana Enríquez\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An eldritch Pedro Almodóvar nightmare\" (Clay McLeod Chapman) that glitters in its feverish propulsion, following three mothers in the hushed suburbs of Barcelona, who are awakened by the monsters that live inside of them.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlba has always clung to her mother, Carmen: to run errands or simply validate every anxiety she's ever had. Yet nothing can silence the fears Alba refuses to confront. They simmer, then burst, but never quite erupt, and each time, Carmen is found at her side. Meanwhile, Alba's sister, Diana, struggles herself, juggling the demands of motherhood and work, but cannot recall when Carmen last tended to her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo days before Christmas, Alba drags Carmen to the mall. There, she runs into the formidable \"widows.\" The pair approach Alba and put an evil eye on her. Her nose starts to bleed, which is how Alba knows. Then, on Christmas Eve, Alba disappears, and Diana and Carmen collapse from the pain in their bellies, where a deep gash splits their purging stomachs. As the tensions the three women have long held in explode, they're finally forced to confront the terror that connects them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHaunting, cinematic, and strikingly visceral, \u003ci\u003eDon't Leave Her Alone\u003c\/i\u003e is an incisive exploration of motherhood that interrogates women's struggle for autonomy and identity, and ultimately forces the question: What does it take to finally break free?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDesirée de Fez \u003c\/b\u003eis one of Europe's foremost experts in fantasy and horror literature and film. Over the past fifteen years, she has worked with some of the world's most significant independent film production companies and has advised Spanish, Latin American, and American producers and directors. Desirée is also a film critic, specializing in fantasy and horror cinema, and works as a programmer for an international film festival. \u003ci\u003eDon't Leave Her Alone \u003c\/i\u003eis her debut novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLizzie Davis\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, an editor, and a translator from Spanish and Italian. Her recent translations include Juan Cárdenas's \u003ci\u003eThe Devil of the Provinces \u003c\/i\u003e(longlisted for the 2023 National Book Award for Translated Literature) and \u003ci\u003eOrnamental \u003c\/i\u003e(finalist for the 2021 PEN Translation Prize), as well as work by Valeria Luiselli, Daniela Tarazona, Begoña Gómez Urzaiz, and Elena Medel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Desiree de Fez; Lizzie Davis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67779148153117,"sku":"9798217180288","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/9095\/8877\/files\/9798217180288.jpg?v=1792015029","url":"https:\/\/www.anovelideaphilly.com\/products\/don-t-leave-her-alone-0288","provider":"A Novel Idea on Passyunk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}