Nightbitch | Rachel YoderOne day, the mother was a mother but then, one night, she was quite suddenly something else At home full time with her two year old son, an artist finds she is struggling. She is lonely and exhausted. Her husband, always travelling for his work, calls her from faraway hotel rooms. One more toddler bedtime, and she fears she might lose her mind. Instead, she starts gaining things, surprising things that happen one night when her child will not sleep.

Most of all

Faced with losing the boy he loves

the Norfolk Broads

Max tames the wild things and crowns himself as their king

Linus must choose between duty and his dreams

and highlighting key themes such as politics

formative voices of our time

drunks and other hobos

things whose fun-factor was less obvious and more down-to-earth (volunteering in a charity shop

OR DOES IT

She's daring them to change the status quo

He has been on a journey of bravery to get here