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Carrying
- Author
- Samantha Josephs
- Narrator
- Christine Rose Schermerhorm
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 6 October 2026
- Run Time
- 8 hours 47 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
AN AUDACIOUS, INVENTIVE DEBUT AND A CULT CLASSIC IN THE MAKING, FROM A THRILLING NEW TALENT IN FICTION
'CAMPY, EROTIC, PROVOCATIVE AND UTTERLY ESSENTIAL' LUCY ROSE
‘TRANGRESSIVE, GROTESQUE AND TOTALLY COMPELLING' ALICE SLATER
'A TOTALLY ORIGINAL, LAUGH-OUT-LOUD, HORRIFYING WORK OF ART' MARISA KASHINO
'I COULDN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT IT' TOMMY DORFMAN
Martha is a flawless woman. After primping, waxing and maybe a little surgical help, she’s finally become the impeccable housewife she dreamed she’d be, with an adoring husband, a loving stepdaughter and a body to die for. But Martha is so stealth that even her husband has no idea that she’s actually trans. Everything she’s ever wanted, she’s made for herself. But, while pretending to be trying for a baby, even Martha is shocked to find herself pregnant.
As her body begins to rapidly transform, and a mysterious chronic illness threatens to upend her existence, she starts a series of experimental treatments and gives in to some new, unsettling cravings … until it looks like her perfect life might crumble around her.
Equal parts inventive, funny and compulsive, Carrying mixes the sensational body horror of The Substance with the transgressive camp comedy of John Waters in a style that’s all its own, and announces the arrival of a thrilling new talent in fiction.
Critics Review
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'Campy, erotic, provocative and utterly essential' Lucy Rose, author of The Lamb
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‘Transgressive, camp, grotesque and totally compelling’ Alice Slater, Sunday Times bestselling author of Death of a Bookseller
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‘I couldn't put it down and I couldn't stop talking about it. This book will probably make you trans’ Tommy Dorfman
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‘Riotous and revolting. Samantha Josephs takes the salacious and shocking and makes them deeply human' Emma van Straaten, author of The Immaculate Body
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'Not sure I've ever experienced a wider range of emotions during a single read. Carrying is a totally original (stomach-turning, laugh-out-loud, horrifying, heartwarming) work of art' Marisa Kashino, author of Best Offer Wins
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'Provocative and sharply original, Carrying is as unsettling as it is addictive. A body horror that pulls you in, disturbs you quietly, and doesn’t let you go. Samantha Josephs has a bold, singular voice' Raphael Montes, author of The Secret Dinner
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‘Elegant, audacious, utterly unhinged’ Tobi Coventry, author of He’s the Devil
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'A diabolically unhinged ride! Buckle up. Carrying is a feisty, funny, and totally monstrous tale of a woman who will stop at nothing – and I mean nothing – for her miracle baby. Deliciously twisted' Daphne Woolsoncroft, author of The Night Watcher
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‘Provocative, compulsive and hugely entertaining, this one cannonballed me out of a reading slump' Kate van der Borgh, author of And He Shall Appear
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'Sinister, sexy, and sardonic' Miss Benny
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Details
- Author
- Samantha Josephs
- Narrator
- Christine Rose Schermerhorm
- Duration
- 8 hours 47 minutes
- Release Date
- 6 October 2026
- ISBN
- 9780008789770
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Contemporary horror, ghost stories and supernatural fiction, Humorous fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general
Synopsis
AN AUDACIOUS, INVENTIVE DEBUT AND A CULT CLASSIC IN THE MAKING, FROM A THRILLING NEW TALENT IN FICTION 'CAMPY, EROTIC, PROVOCATIVE AND UTTERLY ESSENTIAL' LUCY ROSE ‘TRANGRESSIVE, GROTESQUE AND TOTALLY COMPELLING' ALICE SLATER 'A TOTALLY ORIGINAL, LAUGH-OUT-LOUD, HORRIFYING WORK OF ART' MARISA KASHINO 'I COULDN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT IT' TOMMY DORFMAN Martha is a flawless woman. After primping, waxing and maybe a little surgical help, she’s finally become the impeccable housewife she dreamed she’d be, with an adoring husband, a loving stepdaughter and a body to die for. But Martha is so stealth that even her husband has no idea that she’s actually trans. Everything she’s ever wanted, she’s made for herself. But, while pretending to be trying for a baby, even Martha is shocked to find herself pregnant. As her body begins to rapidly transform, and a mysterious chronic illness threatens to upend her existence, she starts a series of experimental treatments and gives in to some new, unsettling cravings … until it looks like her perfect life might crumble around her. Equal parts inventive, funny and compulsive, Carrying mixes the sensational body horror of The Substance with the transgressive camp comedy of John Waters in a style that’s all its own, and announces the arrival of a thrilling new talent in fiction.
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