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Our Wives Under the Sea
A Literary Fiction Novel by Julia Armfield
Subgenres:
- Horror,
- LGBTQ+,
- Psychological
This book is for you if you're into...
- Haunting stories where the ocean is both setting and threat
- Relationships tested by eerie transformations after a mysterious return
- Slow-burn literary fiction with unsettling, atmospheric vibes
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.
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, Our Wives Under the Sea is an exploration of the unknowable depths within each of us, and the love that compels us nevertheless toward one another.
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