The worst monsters are the human kind . . . <\/b><\/p>\n
Dundee, 1812. <\/b>Isabel Baxter awaits the arrival of Mary Godwin, a girl of fierce intelligence and grand passions, sent north to recover from a mysterious ailment. The Baxter family home, nestled in woodland by the river Tay, seems the perfect retreat. But The Cottage is a place of secrets, and Mary is no ordinary guest.<\/p>\n
As the girls grow closer, their friendship becomes all-consuming, haunted by memory, fuelled by feverish
creativity, and shadowed by something monstrous.<\/p>\n
Inspired by true events, this is an immersive reimagining of the young Mary Shelley before she became the
author of Frankenstein. A story of girlhood, obsession, and the birth of a literary legend.<\/p>\n
Years before Frankenstein<\/i>, this is a story of emerging womanhood and literary intrigue, exploring the many monsters in young Mary Shelley’s life. From the bestselling author of Waterstones Scottish Book of the month, the Specimens<\/i>, Poor Creatures<\/i> is perfect for fans of<\/b> Stacey Halls, Sara Sheridan and Ambrose Parry.<\/b><\/p>\n
‘Makes the historical feel <\/b>present and urgent’ – <\/b>ZOE VENDITOZZI<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
She did not mean to. But she has killed, and killed, and killed again. Dundee, 1812. Isabel Baxter awaits the arrival of Mary Godwin, a girl of precocious intellect and grand passions, sent north to cure an ailment no one understands. Nestled in woodland on the banks of the Tay, the Baxter family estate seems a perfect place for a troubled girl to recuperate. But The Cottage is a place of secrets, memories – and monsters. Haunted by sickness and loss, Mary steps with Isabel into a shared fantasy world of intrigue and desire. As the fiction weaves its web about them, the two girls begin to lose their interest in reality – with far-ranging consequences for the lives of more than themselves. The tale of the birth of Frankenstein has fascinated for centuries. ‘Poor Creatures’ imagines the birth of Mary Shelley the writer – and the devastating effects on the circle about her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[216],"product_tag":[26896,69],"class_list":["post-110988","product","type-product","status-publish","product_cat-fiction-hardback","product_tag-fiction-general-literary","product_tag-historical-fiction","pa_book_author-kidd-mairi","pa_cover-hardback","pa_dewey-823-92-edition23","pa_edition-hardback-original","pa_imprint-black-white-publishing","pa_language-english","pa_pages-8341","pa_publisher-black-white-publishing","pa_readership-general-trade-code-k","first","onbackorder","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n