A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (NPR, The Washington Post, Lit Hub, The Telegraph, Goodreads, Tor.com, them, and more)
A FINALIST for the LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD and GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD
“A deeply strange and haunting novel in the best possible way…An impressive and exciting debut novel that may leave you thinking about your own relationships in a new light.” ―NPR
“Shocking…Achingly poetic…Sharp and beautiful as coral polyps…Armfield exercises an exquisite―even sadistic―sense of suspense." ―Ron Charles, The Washington Post
Leah is changed. A marine biologist, she left for a routine expedition months earlier, only this time her submarine sank to the sea floor. When she finally surfaces and returns home, her wife Miri knows that something is wrong. Barely eating and lost in her thoughts, Leah rotates between rooms in their apartment, running the taps morning and night. Whatever happened in that vessel, whatever it was they were supposed to be studying before they were stranded, Leah has carried part of it with her, onto dry land and into their home. As Miri searches for answers, desperate to understand what happened below the water, she must face the possibility that the woman she loves is slipping from her grasp.
By turns elegiac and furious, wry and heartbreaking,
Product details
Publisher : Flatiron Books; Reprint edition (June 27, 2023)
Language : English
Paperback : 240 pages
ISBN-10 : 1250229901
ISBN-13 : 978-1250229908
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 5.3 x 0.65 x 8.15 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #22,026 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#33 in LGBTQ+ Literary Fiction (Books)
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#1,974 in Literary Fiction (Books)
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