{"product_id":"queen-mab-by-emily-mcbride-signed-copy","title":"Queen Mab by Emily McBride SIGNED COPY","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'For readers seeking a book that will shake them,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eQueen Mab\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecasts its eerie spell slowly, steadily deepening a spiral of misgivings and dread and changelings, until they are entirely entranced'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDoireann Ní Ghríofa, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaid the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA changeling child. A mother away with the fairies.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMadeleine is in her early twenties when she conceives on the night of a full moon. Having the baby will mean putting her doctoral studies on hold.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYet from the first flutter of new life, she feels its lure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen baby Maud arrives, sweet and tiny, worth every moment of a difficult labour. But when she is returned to Madeleine's arms, something feels wrong. The child won't stop crying.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer eyes glint with an ancient cunning. Could she be an imposter, switched while Madeleine wasn't watching?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, the world carries on. Buses rumble through the city.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBaristas steam milk. Alone in the crowd, Madeleine searches for a way to rid herself of this ravenous creature. On her walks with the pram, voices heckle from the hedgerows and mists unfurl across the pavement, beckoning her towards fairyland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFull of lingering magic and riveting menace,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eQueen Mab\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the story of the most elemental forms of transformation, and one woman's path back to herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Smart, unsettling and tender'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eClaudia Durastanti, author\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eStrangers I Know\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Perfectly captures those psychedelic, feral postpartum days'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMadeleine Watts,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eElegy, Southwest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Darkly funny and devastating'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eRebecca Sarah Ley, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBad Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brave and powerful'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSamantha Hunt, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dark Dark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Strange and bold.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt takes no prisoners'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eClaire Oshetsky, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eChouette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A spellbinding account of early motherhood'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLana Bastašic, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCatch the Rabbit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFormat:Hardback 304 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher:Pushkin Press\u003cbr\u003eImprint:ONE\u003cbr\u003eISBN:9781805338062\u003cbr\u003ePublished:27 Aug 2026\u003cbr\u003eClassifications:Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Horror \u0026amp; ghost stories, Myth \u0026amp; legend told as fiction, Fiction: special features\u003cbr\u003eWeight:408g\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wave of Nostalgia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65647215804765,"sku":null,"price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/8838\/2301\/files\/9781805338062.jpg?v=1787319759","url":"https:\/\/waveofnostalgia.co.uk\/products\/queen-mab-by-emily-mcbride-signed-copy","provider":"Wave of Nostalgia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}