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<p><b><i>New York Times</i></b><b> bestselling author Maria Dahvana Headley presents a modern retelling of the literary classic <i>Beowulf</i>, set in American suburbia as two mothers—a housewife and a battle-hardened veteran—fight to protect those they love in <i>The Mere Wife</i>. </b><br><br>From the perspective of those who live in Herot Hall, the suburb is a paradise. Picket fences divide buildings—high and gabled—and the community is entirely self-sustaining. Each house has its own fireplace, each fireplace is fitted with a container of lighter fluid, and outside—in lawns and on playgrounds—wildflowers seed themselves in neat rows. But for those who live surreptitiously along Herot Hall’s periphery, the subdivision is a fortress guarded by an intense network of gates, surveillance cameras, and motion-activated lights. <br><br>For Willa, the wife of Roger Herot (heir of Herot Hall), life moves at a charmingly slow pace. She flits between mommy groups, playdates, cocktail hour, and dinner parties, always with her son, Dylan, in tow. Meanwhile, in a cave in the mountains just beyond the limits of Herot Hall lives Gren, short for Grendel, as well as his mother, Dana, a former sol

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Author

Maria Dahvana Headley, Maria Dahvana Headley, Maria Headley

Publisher

MCD, Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9780374208431

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities