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Carrying

By: Samantha Josephs
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An audacious, inventive debut and a cult classic in the making, from a thrilling new talent in fiction.

Martha is a flawless woman. After primping, waxing and maybe a little surgical help, she’s finally become the impeccable housewife she dreamed she’d be, with an adoring husband, a loving stepdaughter and a body to die for. But Martha is so stealth that even her husband has no idea that she’s actually trans. Everything she’s ever wanted, she’s made for herself. But, while pretending to be trying for a baby, even Martha is shocked to find herself pregnant.

As her body begins to rapidly transform, and a mysterious chronic illness threatens to upend her existence, she starts a series of experimental treatments and gives in to some new, unsettling cravings … until it looks like her perfect life might crumble around her.

Equal parts inventive, funny and compulsive, Carrying mixes the sensational body horror of The Substance with the transgressive camp comedy of John Waters in a style that’s all its own, and announces the arrival of a thrilling new talent in fiction.

©2027 Samantha Josephs
Dark Humour Genre Fiction Horror Humorous Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction
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Critic reviews

‘I couldn't put it down and I couldn't stop talking about it. This book will probably make you trans.’ Tommy Dorfman
'Not sure I've ever experienced a wider range of emotions during a single read. Carrying is a totally original (stomach-turning, laugh-out-loud, horrifying, heartwarming) work of art' Marisa Kashino, author of Best Offer Wins
'Provocative and sharply original, Carrying is as unsettling as it is addictive. A body horror that pulls you in, disturbs you quietly, and doesn’t let you go. Samantha Josephs has a bold, singular voice' Raphael Montes, author of The Secret Dinner
'A diabolically unhinged ride! Buckle up. Carrying is a feisty, funny, and totally monstrous tale of a woman who will stop at nothing – and I mean nothing – for her miracle baby. Deliciously twisted.' Daphne Woolsoncroft, author of The Night Watcher
'Sinister, sexy, and sardonic' Miss Benny
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