Coraline Jones is a young girl defined by a curiosity that her mundane, rain-swept world cannot satisfy. Having recently moved into a sprawling, subdivided Victorian house, she finds herself isolated by her parents’ work-focused neglect and the eccentricities of her aging neighbors. The narrative explores the friction between a child's desire for constant attention and the unsettling reality of a world that offers everything a child thinks they want—at a steep, anatomical price.

When a door that previously opened onto a solid brick wall suddenly reveals a dark corridor, Coraline discovers a mirrored version of her own life. In this "Other" world, the food is delicious, the toys are animate, and the "Other Mother" is attentive and doting. However, the uncanny nature of this realm is signal...

Coraline Jones is a young girl defined by a curiosity that her mundane, rain-swept world cannot satisfy. Having recently moved into a sprawling, subdivided Victorian house, she finds herself isolated by her parents’ work-focused neglect and the eccentricities of her aging neighbors. The narrative explores the friction between a child's desire for constant attention and the unsettling reality of a world that offers everything a child thinks they want—at a steep, anatomical price.

When a door that previously opened onto a solid brick wall suddenly reveals a dark corridor, Coraline discovers a mirrored version of her own life. In this "Other" world, the food is delicious, the toys are animate, and the "Other Mother" is attentive and doting. However, the uncanny nature of this realm is signal...