The Other Child

Susi Fox studied Medicine at the University of Melbourne. She is the recipient of a 2014 Varuna Fellowship and was part of the 2015 QWC/Hachette Manuscript Development Program. She lives in Central Victoria, where she works as a GP. Mine is her first novel.

Susi Fox

How far will Sasha have to go to prove what she knows is the truth? You will be desperate to know how this dark, disturbing tale ends.

Riveting. MINE perfectly encapsulates the tension between intuition and intellect in the vortex of anxiety after childbirth

I raced through, unable to stop reading until I found out what was really going on. Gripping and thought provoking about motherhood and mental health. I loved it

Laura Marshall, bestselling author of FRIEND REQUEST

Chilling and suspenseful, Mine bristles with paranoia, keeping you guessing until the very end. A gripping read

MINE is a true nerve-shredder, drawing you in until you're virtually screaming for resolution. Highly recommended. Susi Fox is a bright new star

Taps into a deep, subliminal fear. I was so absorbed that when a friend tapped me on the shoulder, I jumped out of my skin

Digs deep to examine the dark side of motherhood - mental illness, failure, violent thoughts - and refuses to look away. Mine throws into question the sanity of the narrator, the trustworthiness of doctors and the reader's understanding of right and wrong

Utterly compelling and brilliantly confounding. A novel where all possible explanations are suspect - even your own

Compelling, dark, and claustrophobic. The setting is oppressive - a hospital that is the stuff of nightmares - and Fox's medical background lends credibility and fascinating detail that renders it all the more unsettling. I couldn't sleep until I finished it . . . and then I couldn't sleep at all

Powerful, insightful and all too believable. Not knowing what is real and what isn't is the most frightening experience of all

Susi Fox has crafted a paranoia-inducing read

The baby in the nursery is not your baby. 
 
Waking up after an emergency caesarean, you demand to see your son. But it's someone else's child. No one believes you - not the hospital, not your father, not your loyal husband. 
 
They say you're delusional. Dangerous. 
 
They suspect you want to steal another baby. All you know is that you must find your own child before he's out of reach forever. And you're a doctor - you would know if you were losing your mind. 
 
Right?

Susi Fox

Praise for Mine

How far will Sasha have to go to prove what she knows is the truth? You will be desperate to know how this dark, disturbing tale ends.

Riveting. MINE perfectly encapsulates the tension between intuition and intellect in the vortex of anxiety after childbirth

I raced through, unable to stop reading until I found out what was really going on. Gripping and thought provoking about motherhood and mental health. I loved it

How far will Sasha have to go to prove what she knows is the truth? You will be desperate to know how this dark, disturbing tale ends.

Riveting. MINE perfectly encapsulates the tension between intuition and intellect in the vortex of anxiety after childbirth

I raced through, unable to stop reading until I found out what was really going on. Gripping and thought provoking about motherhood and mental health. I loved it

How far will Sasha have to go to prove what she knows is the truth? You will be desperate to know how this dark, disturbing tale ends.

Riveting. MINE perfectly encapsulates the tension between intuition and intellect in the vortex of anxiety after childbirth

I raced through, unable to stop reading until I found out what was really going on. Gripping and thought provoking about motherhood and mental health. I loved it

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