The Tallow-Wife

Return to the dreaming streets of the cathedral-city of Lodellan, where a new generation of characters face fairy tales and nightmares. Cordelia Parsifal has an enviable life, hard won, but the ghosts of the past are soon to remind her that no sin or omission goes unnoticed. A darkly mannered narrative of a family facing its downfall, and the hidden secrets within. Deftly told in Slatter's seemingly effortless prose, "The Tallow-Wife" is unexpected and shocking, with depths to be explored. Paired with vignettes from the same world, and featuring an essay by illustrator Kathleen Jennings.