She Isn't Herself Tonight

A Novel

Hailey Piper author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Simon & Schuster

Publishing:19th Nov '26

£12.99

This title is due to be published on 19th November, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

She Isn't Herself Tonight cover

From the Bram Stoker Award–winning author of Queen of Teeth and A Game in Yellow, a “blissfully twisted and genuinely heartfelt” (Rachel Harrison, New York Times bestselling author of Play Nice) literary horror novel following a young woman on the heels of a traumatic break-up as she anxiously awaits an impending alien abduction—perfect for readers of You Weren’t Meant to Be Human and Our Wives Under the Sea.

When Rabbit was ten years old, she was abducted by aliens. Then, it happened again when she was twenty. Now thirty, she’s ready for their next visit. What she isn’t prepared for is her boyfriend callously ending their long-term relationship and ejecting her from their shared home.

As her birthday approaches, the aliens still haven’t arrived. Rabbit descends into a spiral of growing paranoia and bizarre bodily transformations, until soon it seems that even her reflection has a mind of its own. With her only refuge being the chaos of strangers who might not have her best interests at heart, Rabbit worries that her ex’s abandonment not only severed her from his life, but also from her own. Struggling to orient herself within a world growing more topsy-turvy by the day, Rabbit must regain control before her aliens at last return.

Praise for She Isn't Herself Tonight

"A propulsive, thrillingly strange genre-bending novel full of yearning, that's magically poignant, earnest, squirmy, and unsettling in equal measure. Blissfully twisted and genuinely heartfelt." -- Rachel Harrison, New York Times bestselling author of Play Nice and So Thirsty
"Using aliens to explore alienation, She Isn't Herself Tonight brilliantly turns abduction narratives on their heads. Piper continues to outdo herself."  -- Publishers Weekly Starred Review
"Among delicious thrills, wicked surprises, and wondrous weirdness Hailey Piper has crafted a keenly stirring story of transformation and self discoveryShe Isn’t Herself Tonight will grip you and hold on long after its final words, its extraordinary images will linger and its earnest heart will keep on beating." -- Gerardo Sámano Córdova, author of Monstrilio
“What does it mean to be chosen — and does being chosen mean that you belong? This is the question pulsing at the center of She Isn't Herself Tonight. Eerie and heartfelt by turns, it’s an ode to choosing who we are, who we love, and how we live.” -- Mollyhall Seeley, Author of We Hexed the Moon

ISBN: 9781668077122

Dimensions: 213mm x 140mm x 16mm

Weight: 212g

256 pages