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Author_Edward Carey
Beetle Spread legend
books about isolation
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Creativity vs. control
Eccentric theatre characters
Edith Holler story
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family control
Family control and rebellion
female protagonist
fiction set in Norwich
Historical fable novel
Historical fiction Norwich
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illustrated novels
little
local legends
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Mawther Meg legend
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swallowed man
Theatre drama 1901
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Young woman playwright
Product details
- ISBN 9781805337928
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 28 Aug 2025
- Publisher: Pushkin Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Norwich, 1901: Edith Holler spends her days among the eccentric denizens of the Holler Theatre, warned by her domineering father that the playhouse will literally tumble down if she should ever leave.
Fascinated by tales of the city she knows only from afar, young Edith decides to write a play of her own about Mawther Meg, a monstrous figure said to have used the blood of countless children to make the local delicacy, Beetle Spread. But when her father suddenly announces his engagement to a peculiar woman named Margaret Unthank, Edith scrambles to protect her father, the theatre, and her play-the one thing that's truly hers-from the newcomer's sinister designs.
Teeming with unforgettable characters and illuminated by Carey's trademark illustrations, Edith Holler is a surprisingly modern fable of one young woman's struggle to escape her family's control and craft her own creative destiny.
Edward Carey was born in Norfolk, England. He is a novelist, visual artist, playwright and director. He is the author of four novels, including Little, which was a Times and Sunday Times book of the year, and the YA series The Iremonger Trilogy. Edward lives in the United States and teaches at the University of Texas at Austin.
