Eat the Ones You Love - by Sarah Maria Griffin (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

A twisted, tangled story about workplace love-affairs, and plants with a taste for human flesh

During a grocery run to her local shopping center, Shell Pine sees a 'HELP NEEDED' sign in a flower shop window. She's just left her fiancé, lost her job, and moved home to her parents' house. She has to make a change and bring some good into her life, so she goes inside and takes a chance. Shell realizes right away that flowers are just the good thing she's been looking for, as is Neve, the beautiful florist who wrote the sign asking for help. The thing is, Neve needs help more than Shell could possibly imagine.

An orchid growing out of sight in the heart of the mall is watching them closely. His name is Baby, and the beautiful florist belongs to him. He's young, he's hungry, and he'll do just about anything to make sure he can keep growing big and strong. Nothing he eats - nobody he eats - can satisfy him, except the thing he most desires. Neve. He adores her and wants to consume her, and will stop at nothing to eat the one he loves.

This is a story about possession, and monstrosity, and working retail. It is about hunger and desire, and other terrible things that grow.

Review Quotes

Praise for Sarah Maria Griffin

"This is a writer of such natural vivacity and spark, such eloquence and invention." --Kevin Barry, author of Night Boat to Tangier

"Sarah's gorgeous language draws you into her frighteningly believable near-future. This story is a dark and fierce thing, but one that also has much to say about hope and human ingenuity." --Joseph Fink, author of Welcome to Night Vale, on Spare and Found Parts

"A beautiful novel woven from magic that seeps into your blood and bones and lingers there...Sarah's gorgeous prose will haunt you." --Christina Henry, bestselling author of Alice and Lost Boy on Other Words for Smoke

"A fascinating coming-of-age story...a compelling read." --Charlie Jane Anders, bestselling author of All the Birds in the Sky, on Other Words for Smoke

"A unique, feminist coming-of-age novel...Clever, beautifully written and compelling. I loved it." --Marian Keyes on Spare and Found Parts

About the Author

Sarah Maria Griffin is from Dublin, Ireland. She is the author of the novels Spare & Found Parts and Other Words For Smoke, which won an Irish Book Award in 2019. She writes about video games for The Guardian, and her nonfiction has appeared in The Irish Times, The Winter Papers, and The Stinging Fly, amongst other places. She also makes zines. She posts on Instagram under sarahgriffski