TY - BOOK AU - Quigley,Lisa TI - The forest SN - 9781943720620 PY - 2021///] CY - Cibolo, Texas PB - Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing KW - Imaginary places KW - Fiction KW - Child sacrifice KW - Mother and infant KW - Horror fiction KW - lcgft N2 - Everyone in Edgewood believes their annual tithes at the fall festival are what purchase Edgewood's safety, but as Faye and her husband prepare to take over as town stewards-a long tradition carried out by her family for generations-they learn the terrible truth: in order to guarantee the town's safety, the forest demands an unthinkable sacrifice. In the midst of everything, Faye is secretly battling debilitating postpartum anxiety that makes her all the more terrified to leave the safe cocoon of her enchanted town. When everyone turns against her-including her own husband-Faye is forced to flee with her infant son into the forest. She must face whatever lurks there and, perhaps most frightening of all, the dark torments of her own mind ER -