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You Were Made for This

"A darkly disturbing thriller in which a picture of domestic paradise is exposed as being toxically poisoned."

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“If you saw us you’d probably hate us...The perfect little family, living the perfect little life”, explains Merry, one of the three flawed narrators of this gripping debut. She and husband Sam have left New York and set up home in a picture-book-perfect little red wooden house in rural Sweden “What more could I hope for. What more could I need?” she asks rhetorically. Sam praises his perfect “busy little wife” who’s seemingly taken to rustic domesticity and motherhood like it’s all she was born for, but the cracks are visible from the early chapters. Sam is the epitome of toxic masculinity and controls Merry’s every move, while a visit from Merry’s high-flying, egoistical childhood friend disclosures her own desperate troubles. 

Teeming with duplicity, treachery and tragedy, this strident debut chills to the bone.

 

Joanne Owen

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Dark & disturbing, a story from three point of views, every single one of the characters being extremely unlikable, however at the same time you just won’t be able to put this down! I read in one sitting... what a brilliant debut novel from Michelle Sacks!

Dark & twisted, I was gripped!!! Even though I didn’t warm to any of the three characters (they are so unlikeable)I just couldn’t put the book down and read it in one sitting. Sacks writing style is very unique, each chapter is from a different characters point of view... it’s hard how to put in words how I feel after finishing this book..... Read Full Review

Lucy Hall

'You were made for this' is perfect for fans of 'Gone Girl'. Michelle Sacks' writing is a breath of fresh air. I can't wait to read what she writes next.

What a rollercoaster ride of a book! A seriously dark, thrilling story with deceitful, complex characters. Nothing is as it seems in this very creepy novel. Right from the beginning I was drawn into the perfect life of the couple who moved to Sweden. Merry seems the model housewife: a talented cook, great mother, efficient gardener. Sam is a devoted father, attentive husband, a highly regarded Professor. Sam's step-grandmother left him a secluded house in a nature reserve. Their too-perfect life soon is revealed to be a farce. I raced through the book in just three sittings.... Read Full Review

Reba Khatun

A bold domestic thriller. Sacks is a brave writer to write such a harrowing tale, confronting every mother's worst nightmare...

A bold domestic thriller. But different from what you usually get. Michelle Sacks is a brave writer to write such a harrowing tale, she confronts every mother's worst nightmare.

Set in the postcard-perfect Swedish countryside, Sacks tells a story that sheds a light on a quietly explosive marriage- friendships and motherhood. Disturbing. And painful. She delivers the story from multiple perspectives, shifting to build suspense and throwing the reader off with impeccably timed and unforseen twists.

You Were Made For This is as clever as it is disturbingly messed up. Merry and her husband, Sam, move to Sweden in hope of a fresh start. In Sweden, they know no one. With Merry being pregnant, they can be the their own family. They are an island of three. Merry is the content housewife, a role she never imagined herself playing. Sam is looking for work.... Read Full Review

Saarah N