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title: "The Need"
author: "Helen Phillips"
genre: "Science Fiction, Speculative Thriller / Science Fiction / Existential"
category: "Literary Fiction"
themes: "Motherhood and its complexities;Existential dread and reality distortion;The fragility of reality/sanity;Dark comedy and fear"
asin: "1982113162"
amazon_link: "https://www.amazon.com/Need-Helen-Phillips/dp/1982113162"
bookshop_link: "https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-need-helen-phillips/5048544c6e0f0989"
source_url: "https://marciebooks.co/?search=The%20Need"
data_license: "CC BY-NC 4.0"
---

# The Need

## Context
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