Carrion Crow by Parry, Heather
Carrion Crow by Parry, Heather

Carrion Crow

There are some things only your mother can teach you . . . In this viscerally strange...
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Author: Heather Parry
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Carrion Crow by Parry, Heather

Carrion Crow

$21.54
Carrion Crow by Parry, Heather

Carrion Crow

$21.54
Author: Heather Parry
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
There are some things only your mother can teach you . . .

In this viscerally strange and dark, queer Victorian gothic, longing and transformation take wing through the secret selves we nurture when no one is watching.

"A fetid feast of body horror and delirium." --Booklist

Marguerite Périgord is locked in the attic of her family home, a towering Chelsea house overlooking the stinking Thames.

For company she has a sewing machine, Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management, and a carrion crow who has come to nest in the rafters. Restless, she spends her waning energies on the fascinations of her own body, memorising Mrs. Beeton's advice and longing for life outside.

Cécile Périgord has confined her daughter Marguerite for her own good.

Cécile is concerned that Marguerite's engagement to a much older, near-penniless solicitor, will drag the family name - her husband's name, that is - into disrepute. And for Cécile, who has worked hard at her own betterment, this simply won't do. Cécile's life has taught her that no matter how high a woman climbs she can just as readily fall.

Of course, both have their secrets, intentions and histories to hide. As Marguerite's patience turns into rage, the boundaries of her mind and body start to fray.

And neither woman can recognise what the other is becoming.

Fusing grisly body horror with raw and evocative prose, this unforgettably haunting gothic novel from award-winning author Heather Parry is a story of mothers and daughters, and the dual capacity for both great kindness and unfathomable cruelty.

Author: Heather Parry
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Published: 06/30/2026
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.10w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781805680550


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 06/01/2026
Foreword 06/17/2026

About the Author
Heather Parry is a writer of fiction and nonfiction. Her debut novel, Orpheus Builds a Girl, was shortlisted for the Saltire Fiction Book of the Year award and longlisted for the Polari First Book Prize. She is also the author of a short story collection, This Is My Body, Given For You, and a short nonfiction book, Electric Dreams: On Sex Robots and the Failed Promises of Capitalism, and writes the Substack general observations on eggs. She was raised in Rotherham and lives in Glasgow with her partner and their cats, Fidel and Ernesto.
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