This Is My Body 9781683694649 Paperback

A gripping queer horror novel that reinvents the classic possession story, following a single mother forced to confront the religious trauma she escaped when terrifying supernatural events threaten her daughter and awaken the darkest secrets of her family’s past.King-Millers finest work to date.New York TimesThis Is My Bodyis simply one of the finest works of familial horror I have ever encountered. This book is hideously satisfying.Sarah Gailey, author ofJust Like HomeThe line between homage and pastiche is sharp and dangerous, but King-Miller walks it with grace inThis Is My Body, a demonic possession story in the vein ofThe Exorcist.New York TimesGay single mom Brigid always thought that cutting ties with her extremist Catholic family was the best thing she could have done for her daughter, Dylanand for herself. But when Dylan starts having terrifying fits of unnatural violence, Brigid cant shake her memories of a girl from her childhood who behaved the same way . . . until Brigids uncle, Father Angus, performed an exorcism.Convinced that her daughter is suffering from demonic possession, Brigid does the thing she told herself shed never do: she goes home. Father Angus is the worst person she knows, but hes also the only person who can help her daughter.But as Brigid starts to uncover secrets about Father Angus, that long-ago exorcism, and her familys past, she realizes that she and Dylan have never been in more danger.This Is My Bodyis a piercing journey into religious trauma and childhood shame, building towards a heart-pounding twisty climax that will spin your head all the way around.