Aimee Molloy has been writing books for years, but this latest one is the first to be published under her own name. The Perfect Mother is not just a brilliant edition to the current literary trend of psychological thrillers, but it blends in every mother’s worst fear: a missing child.
Calling themselves the “May Mothers,” a group of women who all had children in the same month routinely get together to share their anxieties and joys, provide advice and guidance, and to support each other in the struggles of motherhood. When the members decide to meet at a local bar one night in July, all they have in mind is some fun away from their usual routine. But for Winnie, the single mother to six-week-old Midas, that’s when everything goes wrong. Taken from his crib, Midas is now missing; the police are asking horrifying questions, and the media is spinning everything to create as much scandal as possible.
Not only do we think that The Perfect Mother is a guaranteed bestseller, but Hollywood agrees. Just published today, TriStar Pictures is already acquired the film rights, and Scandal’s Kerry Washington is slated to star.
BookTrib got to talk with Aimee Molloy on inspiration for the book, how motherhood has changed her writing, and more!
About Aimee Molloy
Aimee Molloy has collaborated on seven books, including Maziar Bahari’s Then They Came for Me: A Family’s Story of Love, Captivity, and Survival and Pam Cope’s Jantsen’s Gift: A True Story of Grief, Rescue, and Grace. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and two daughters.
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