Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield

Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield'A gothic fairy tale, sublime in its creepiness' Florence Welch When Leah finally returns after a deep sea mission that ended in catastrophe, her wife Miri knows that something is wrong. Whatever happened in that vessel stranded on the ocean floor, Leah has carried part of it with her, onto dry land and into their home. As Miri searches for answers to her wife's altered state, she must face the possibility that the woman she loves is slipping from her

Tara was wild

Aida Alami

who has learned not to be too attached to her own prophecies

Obsessed with a single line from Conrad's The Heart of Darkness - Kurtz's injunction to 'Exterminate All the Brutes' - he braided an account of his experiences with a profound historical investigation

She remembers taking Harriet from her cot and changing her nappy

In ten chapters covering Australia

Lift the final flap and there's a surprise mirror - always a hit with the little ones

With his father now in prison

when 18-year-old cousins Aubrey

timely book

Perhaps it is true that we do not really exist until there is someone there to see us existing

and then out of the blue an old girlfriend gets in touch and suggests he come to visit