Overview

At the heart of the story is a question both intimate and existential: if your body changes, your voice vanishes, and no one sees you, are you still yourself? Kay's transformation strips her down to the essence of her being, and the only hope of rescue lies in whether someone she loves can still recognise her soul beneath her wooden frame. This novel reimagines the missing-person narrative through the lens of gothic horror and surreal transformation. Kay's shift from human to puppet is both physically grotesque and psychologically disturbing, exploring themes of bodily autonomy, silence, and captivity.

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'At once old and new, borrowed and original, The Motion of Puppets disdains both genre and mainstream expectations to turn readers' attention to the permeable boundary between life and its mimicry.' The Washington Post 'Think of it as Toy Story, if it had been written by Stephen King....Donohue is adept at creating brilliantly imagined worlds that offer both menace and allure. The Motion of Puppets is cunningly strange and hypnotic, and you're likely to find yourself drawn into its seductive peculiarities....' Richmond Times-Dispatch 'A masterpiece of psychological horror...Intricately plotted, absorbing, and suspenseful, this is a moving, modern story set in what feels like a fairy-tale world but is actually terrifyingly realistic.' Booklist 'An inventive and suspenseful story told from an original perspective, Donahue's novel examines how refusing to embrace the present and struggling to escape unavoidable circumstances can alter one's life forever.' Publishers Weekly

Author Information

Keith Donohue is the national bestselling author of the novels The Stolen Child, The Angels of Destruction, Centuries of June, and, most recently, The Boy Who Drew Monsters. He lives in Maryland.

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