The Lamb

'The Lamb . . . is not out until January but it has already created a buzz'

Sunday Times

'Deliciously dark and shockingly bold. Lucy Rose is one to watch. One of my favourite debuts in a long time'

Kirsty Logan

'Stunning, shocking and surprising at each turn - everything one would want from a novel, and so much more. Lucy Rose's fearful and fantastic imagination is a powerful weapon'

Benjamin Myers

'Lucy Rose weaves together flesh, bones and mommy issues with unsettling deftness to create an unforgettable, nightmarish tale. I ate it all up'

Anna Bogutskaya

A FOLK TALE. A HORROR STORY. A LOVE STORY. AN ENCHANTMENT.

Margot and Mama have lived by the forest since Margot can remember. When Margot is not at school, they spend quiet days together in their cottage, waiting for strangers to knock on their door. Strays, Mama calls them. Mama loves the strays. She feeds them wine, keeps them warm. Then she satisfies her burning appetite by picking apart their bodies.

But Mama's want is stronger than her hunger sometimes, and when a white-toothed stray named Eden turns up in the heart of a snowstorm, little Margot must confront the shifting dynamics of her family, untangle her own desires and make her own bid for freedom.

With this gothic coming-of-age tale, debut novelist Lucy Rose explores how women swallow their anger, desire and animal instincts - and wrings the relationship between mother and daughter until blood drips from it.

Deliciously dark and shockingly bold - someone needs to make this into a film right now! Lucy Rose is one to watch. This is one of my favourite debuts in a long time -- Kirsty Logan, author of NOW SHE IS WITCH
Stunning, shocking and surprising at each turn - everything one would want from a novel, and so much more. Lucy Rose's fearful and fantastic imagination is a powerful weapon -- Benjamin Myers, author of CUDDY
Lucy Rose weaves together flesh, bones and mommy issues with unsettling deftness to create an unforgettable, nightmarish tale. I ate it all up -- Anna Bogutskaya, author of FEEDING THE MONSTER
This is the book I've been waiting for. Dark, twisted and utterly enthralling, The Lamb is a novel I will never forget. Lucy Rose's prose gave me chills, perfectly capturing the horrors and beauties of girlhood. Dear reader, I predict you will be as obsessed as me -- Molly Aitken, author of BRIGHT I BURN
A dark, fearsome novel that sticks between your teeth. Rose writes about daughterhood with poetic clarity and tenderness -- Amy Twigg, author of SPOILT CREATURES
Lucy Rose is extraordinary. I devoured The Lamb in one evening and I have not stopped thinking about it since. Poetic, visceral and wildly addictive, I dare you not to fall in love with Rose's imagination. Consume this book and prepare for it to consume you -- Catherine Joy White, author of THIS THREAD OF GOLD
A modern Grimm fairytale. Heart-wrenching and sensuously lyrical, yet sinister, depraved and stomach-churningly good -- Susan Barker, author of OLD SOUL
The Lamb left me breathless. A beautiful, tender and disturbing novel, exploring mother-daughter relationships in a hugely ambitious and thought-provoking way. I loved it -- Rachelle Atalla, author of THE SALT FLATS
Visceral and aching, The Lamb is a magnetic, monstrous tale of womanhood and desire. I devoured it, hungry for each and every word. Margot is going to haunt me forever -- Victoria Hawthorne, author of THE DARKEST NIGHT
The Lamb will lure you in and devour you whole. Lucy Rose perfectly captures the toxic wilderness of motherhood and daughterhood in this poetic and electrifying debut -- Rose Wilding, author of SPEAK OF THE DEVIL
An extraordinary piece of work, dark, poetic, gothic, folky and full of courage and beauty. Incredible -- Tim Downie
Brilliantly raw and unflinching, The Lamb will lure you in and clutch hold of your heart. It's sweet, violent and unforgettable. Margot will steal your heart and linger long after the final page -- Prano Bailey-Bond, writer/director of CENSOR
The Lamb . . . is not out until January but it has already created a buzz Sunday Times

Lucy Rose is a writer and filmmaker with an interest in the gothic, girlhood and horror. Her short fiction and personal essays have been published in Dread Central, Mslexia, Ghouls on Film and more. She's proud to be a Curtis Brown Creative Breakthrough alumni writer and one of Mslexia's featured columnists and fiction writers. In early 2023, she was awarded Arts Council DYCP funding for literary development. She currently lives in Newcastle.

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