In this electric horror novel from the author of The Insatiable Volt Sisters, an exhausted mother thinks her newborn might be a monster. Shes right.Theas third pregnancy was her easiest. She wasnt consumed with anxiety about the baby. She wasnt convinced it was going to be born green, or have a third eye, or have tentacles sprouting from its torso. Thea was fine. Her baby would be fine. But when the nurses handed Lucia to her, Thea just knew. Her baby girl was a monster. Not only was Lucia born with a full set of teeth and a devilish glint in her eye, but shes always hungry. Indiscriminately so. One day Lucia pointed at her baby brother, looked Thea dead in the eye and said, I eat.Thea doesnt know whether to be terrified or proud of her rapacious baby girl. And as Lucia starts growing faster and talking more, dark memories bubble to the surface--flashes from Theas childhood that wont release their hooks from her heart. Lucia wants to eat the world. Thea might just let her.Crackling with originality and dark humor, Rachel Eve Moultons Tantrum is a provocative exploration of familial debt, duty, and the darker side of motherhood.
