There’s Bernice, ex-wife of infamous wife killer Bluebeard, rendered here as an Elon Musk-like tech billionaire, one of the novel’s many smart modern twists on old lore. She wears a coat made from the skin and fur of the wolf who assaulted and ate her as a kid. There’s Ruby, known better as Little Red, a nickname she never chose but was instead foisted upon her. There’s Gretel, a woman who, as a child, disappeared for three months with her brother, held captive by an old woman in a house made of candy. Some of them you know - or at least think you do. In How To Get Eaten, a group of women come together for a support group. Adelmann, instead, spins gold from both, weaving together two high-concept premises into one coherent and complex narrative that pulls off several impressive tricks along the way. Perhaps a lesser writer would have separated these premises into two separate books. Another, a mordant sendup of The Bachelor (and reality television in general). One is a reimagining of classic fairytale characters and their stories. On its surface, How To Be Eaten - Maria Adelmann’s first novel, following her short story collection Girls Of A Certain Age - has two premises. The Autostraddle Encyclopedia of Lesbian Cinema.LGBTQ Television Guide: What To Watch Now.
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