The Rabbit Hutch
The Rabbit Hutch is a piercing debut novel about loneliness, longing, and the stubborn search for connection. Set over one sweltering July week in a low-cost housing complex in Vacca Vale, Indiana, it follows a cast of unforgettable neighbors and their quiet, sometimes desperate, choices. Written for adult readers who relish lyrical, fearless prose and a darkly funny edge, The Rabbit Hutch balances ache with wit to illuminate what freedom might look like in a world that often feels unforgiving.
In The Rabbit Hutch, the story unfolds through intimate scenes and a chorus of voices. Blandine shares her flat with three teenage boys and navigates relationships with people she neither likes nor fully understands. Alongside her, an online obituary writer, a young mother bearing a hidden burden, and a woman running a solo campaign against rodents form a vivid mosaic of a community on the edge. The writing is savage yet beautiful, mixing sharp humor with exacting observation to pull you into rooms where heat, fear, and longing collide. The book’s pace and structure stay taut, inviting you to consider what true freedom might require in a place where walls thin and lives cross in surprising ways.
- Winner of the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize, 2022
- Set over one sweltering July week in Vacca Vale, Indiana
- Centers Blandine and three teenage boys, with an online obituary writer and other vivid neighbors
- Savage, beautiful prose with biting, darkly humorous energy
- Interwoven perspectives and a tightly paced, unforgettable storytelling voice
After finishing The Rabbit Hutch, you’ll carry a deeper understanding of how people reach for connection in difficult circumstances and how freedom can arrive in unexpected places. It lingers with warmth and quiet hope, inviting reflection on relationships, resilience, and the courage it takes to seek belonging.
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The Rabbit Hutch
The Rabbit Hutch
The Rabbit Hutch is a piercing debut novel about loneliness, longing, and the stubborn search for connection. Set over one sweltering July week in a low-cost housing complex in Vacca Vale, Indiana, it follows a cast of unforgettable neighbors and their quiet, sometimes desperate, choices. Written for adult readers who relish lyrical, fearless prose and a darkly funny edge, The Rabbit Hutch balances ache with wit to illuminate what freedom might look like in a world that often feels unforgiving.
In The Rabbit Hutch, the story unfolds through intimate scenes and a chorus of voices. Blandine shares her flat with three teenage boys and navigates relationships with people she neither likes nor fully understands. Alongside her, an online obituary writer, a young mother bearing a hidden burden, and a woman running a solo campaign against rodents form a vivid mosaic of a community on the edge. The writing is savage yet beautiful, mixing sharp humor with exacting observation to pull you into rooms where heat, fear, and longing collide. The book’s pace and structure stay taut, inviting you to consider what true freedom might require in a place where walls thin and lives cross in surprising ways.
- Winner of the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize, 2022
- Set over one sweltering July week in Vacca Vale, Indiana
- Centers Blandine and three teenage boys, with an online obituary writer and other vivid neighbors
- Savage, beautiful prose with biting, darkly humorous energy
- Interwoven perspectives and a tightly paced, unforgettable storytelling voice
After finishing The Rabbit Hutch, you’ll carry a deeper understanding of how people reach for connection in difficult circumstances and how freedom can arrive in unexpected places. It lingers with warmth and quiet hope, inviting reflection on relationships, resilience, and the courage it takes to seek belonging.
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The Rabbit Hutch is a piercing debut novel about loneliness, longing, and the stubborn search for connection. Set over one sweltering July week in a low-cost housing complex in Vacca Vale, Indiana, it follows a cast of unforgettable neighbors and their quiet, sometimes desperate, choices. Written for adult readers who relish lyrical, fearless prose and a darkly funny edge, The Rabbit Hutch balances ache with wit to illuminate what freedom might look like in a world that often feels unforgiving.
In The Rabbit Hutch, the story unfolds through intimate scenes and a chorus of voices. Blandine shares her flat with three teenage boys and navigates relationships with people she neither likes nor fully understands. Alongside her, an online obituary writer, a young mother bearing a hidden burden, and a woman running a solo campaign against rodents form a vivid mosaic of a community on the edge. The writing is savage yet beautiful, mixing sharp humor with exacting observation to pull you into rooms where heat, fear, and longing collide. The book’s pace and structure stay taut, inviting you to consider what true freedom might require in a place where walls thin and lives cross in surprising ways.
- Winner of the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize, 2022
- Set over one sweltering July week in Vacca Vale, Indiana
- Centers Blandine and three teenage boys, with an online obituary writer and other vivid neighbors
- Savage, beautiful prose with biting, darkly humorous energy
- Interwoven perspectives and a tightly paced, unforgettable storytelling voice
After finishing The Rabbit Hutch, you’ll carry a deeper understanding of how people reach for connection in difficult circumstances and how freedom can arrive in unexpected places. It lingers with warmth and quiet hope, inviting reflection on relationships, resilience, and the courage it takes to seek belonging.











