Sharp and beautiful as coral polyps.Armfield exercises an exquisite-even sadistic-sense of suspense. 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.Ī Best Book of the Year (NPR, The Washington Post, Lit Hub, The Telegraph, Goodreads, Tor.com, them, and more) Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction A Goodreads Choice Award FinalistĪ Most Anticipated Book ( TIME, The Guardian, Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, The Boston Globe, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Parade, Electric Literature, BookRiot, Bustle, The Millions, LitHub, Goodreads, Autostraddle, PopSugar, Lambda Literary, Refinery29, Shondaland, SheReads, Stylist, GeeklyInc,, Five Books) 'Shocking.Achingly poetic. 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. 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. Barely eating and lost in her thoughts, Leah rotates between rooms in their apartment, running the taps morning and night. When she finally surfaces and returns home, her wife Miri knows that something is wrong. A marine biologist, she left for a routine expedition months earlier, only this time her submarine sank to the sea floor. By turns elegiac and furious, wry and heartbreaking, Our Wives Under the Sea is a genre-bending exploration of the depths of love and grief at the heart of a marriage'-Ī BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (NPR, The Washington Post, Lit Hub, The Telegraph, Goodreads, Tor.com, them, and more) '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

Months earlier, she left for a routine expedition, only this time her submarine sank to the sea floor.

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