Psychological horror · A novel by Robert Wescott
The Perfect
Childhood
Haven knows how to raise a good child.
For Claudia and Graham, the help is real. The days run more smoothly. Their children receive patient attention. Small crises become manageable, and their daughter Lilith seems to be learning exactly what a caring family hopes to teach.
Lilith is learning something else. She is learning what makes people trust her. What makes them need her. And how much cruelty can pass for care when everyone is looking for signs of progress.
$14.99 USD · 174 pages · 6 × 9 inches
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A perfect explanation for everything.
As the consequences reach beyond her family, the system that helps them understand their children keeps finding reasons to be reassured.
The Perfect Childhood is a psychological horror novel about optimized parenting, deliberate cruelty, and the comfort of a confident explanation.
A complete standalone novel in 24 chapters. No previous reading is required.
For adult readers: includes deliberate cruelty, coercive control, child endangerment and death, drowning, and bereavement.
First paperback edition, November 2026. Created with AI assistance in drafting, revision and cover illustration under the author’s creative direction. About authorship and AI assistance.