Madwoman

First published 2024 · debut

Reception

Mostly positive. 3 of 6 critics were positive or better.

Rave 2 · Positive 1 · Mixed 3 · Pan 0

“Bieker explores the nexus between patriarchal control, environmental contamination and women’s bodies, here found in Clove’s focus on corporeal purity as a rejection of her chaotic past”

The Washington Post · Kristen Millares Young · Rave

2 more quotes

“A masterpiece about the poison of violence, how it infects us all, and how it cannot be ignored away.”

Booklist · Courtney Eathorne · Rave
“Chelsea Bieker breathes thrilling, risky energy into the familiar trope of the madwoman”

The New York Times Book Review · Catherine Chidgey · Positive

Little Brown & Company, 2024

Full recordClose

Publisher: Little Brown & Company, 2024
LC: PS3602.I345 M34 2024
Dewey: 813.6
ISBNs: 978-0-316-57329-0
978-1-83643-008-7
978-0-86154-789-0
978-0-316-57331-3
978-0-316-58388-6
Editions: Little Brown & Company, 2024 978-0-316-58388-6
Oneworld Publications, 2024 978-0-86154-789-0
Little Brown & Company, 2024 978-0-316-57331-3
Little Brown & Company, 2024 978-0-316-57329-0
Oneworld Publications, 2024 978-0-86154-788-3
Oneworld Publications, 2025, 336 pages 978-1-83643-008-7
Author: Bieker, Chelsea
Statement: Madwoman / Chelsea Bieker.
Records: Open Library

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Catalogue data checked 3 October 2026