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The Children

Von: Melissa Albert
Gesprochen von: Iggy Costello, Kristen Sieh, Leslie Aleman, Rebecca Lowman, Saskia Maarleveld
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Bloomsbury presents The Children by Melissa Albert, read by Rebecca Lowman, Saskia Maarleveld, Kristen Sieh, Iggy Costello and Leslie Alerman

'A joyously grim, open-eyed, adult fairy tale with the messiest of morals' PAUL TREMBLAY
'An insidious and masterfully cast spell of a book . . . Gorgeous and dreadful, I devoured it' MONA AWAD
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Their childhood was yours. They want it back . . .

Guinevere’s late mother, Edith Sharpe, needs little introduction. Bestselling author of the unendingly successful Ninth City series, her books brought so much joy and inspired the imagination of countless children the world over. Guin’s childhood with her mother, brother Ennis and her actor father was a blissful, bohemian affair, filled with continuous laughter and surrounded by artistic types in their Vermont barnhouse. At least, this is the story Guin presents as she prepares for the press tour for her upcoming memoir about life in the Sharpe family.

Now estranged from her brother and her parents long dead after a devastating fire, strange events threaten the veneer of serenity and familial harmony Guin is keen to project. Ennis, now a notorious artist with a troubled past, announces a new installation – his first since a disastrous last show one year prior – simply entitled Mother. And Guin can’t help but worry that the truth behind their idyllic childhood is about to blow her world apart.

Told in alternating narratives between 1990s Vermont and present-day New York, The Children is a twisting narrative of family secrets and long-held resentments, which asks whether we can ever really exorcise the ghosts of a childhood forsaken in favour of a parent’s artistic vision.
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'A poison apple of a book: glossy, sweet, and absolutely terrifying' ALIX E. HARROW
'Twisty and strange in all the best ways' HEATHER FAWCETT©2026 Melissa Albert (P)2026 HarperCollins Publishers Psychothriller Thriller
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Kritikerstimmen

This is an extraordinary book. A page-turner full of mystery . . . The language is dusted with magic . . . My advice: Be first in line (STEPHEN KING, author of It)
Not since Donna Tartt’s The Secret History have I loved a book filled with such magic and mystery as I have Melissa Albert’s The Children … This is a layered, haunting adult fairy tale … I loved this book, you will love it, you will buy it, you will read it so fast (Jenna Bush Hager)
Books about books or set in the publishing world are everywhere now … but Melissa Albert’s dark literary fantasy about the children of a famous author is a standout … A brilliant exploration of the weight of memory, the bond between siblings and how trauma shapes our lives. It’s a deliciously surprising novel, full of references to children’s literature and with the feeling at times of fairy tale … This debut novel marks [Albert] as a hugely talented writer. The world she’s created is believable, claustrophobic and unsettling in the best way. If you’ve ever wondered what life was like for Christopher Robin or Alice Liddell (the inspiration for Alice In Wonderland) after they were immortalised in print, this is for you (Joanne Finney)
There’s a trend right now for books about books … But it’s Melissa Albert’s The Children, about the lives of a famous (fictional) author’s offspring, that’s my new favourite. Few writers could create something so unique and surprising: I practically inhaled it … Albert creates a twisty – and twisted – grown-up fairy tale that I can’t stop thinking about (Sarah Shaffi)
I might end up using all the adjectives to describe this sharp, lyrical, nuanced riff on family dysfunction and the costs of devoting oneself to art. The Children is a joyously grim, open-eyed, adult fairy tale with the messiest of morals (and I mean that as the highest possible praise), and I had so much damned fun reading it (PAUL TREMBLAY, New York Times-bestselling author of Horror Movie and A Head Full of Ghosts)
Profound, beguiling and terrifying, Melissa Albert’s first novel for adults is dangerous witchcraft of the highest order – an insidious and masterfully cast spell of a book about the stories we tell ourselves and each other, childhood’s end and the way that the sharp edges of creative lives draw so much blood. The Children is gorgeous and dreadful, I devoured it (MONA AWAD, bestselling author of Bunny)
I don't know how, but Melissa Albert has taken my most private nightmares and desires and published them as a dark fairy tale. The Children is a poison apple of a book: glossy, sweet, and absolutely terrifying. I don't think I'll ever get it out of my bloodstream (ALIX E. HARROW, New York Times-bestselling author of The Everlasting)
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