The Author captures the innermost thoughts of a married lesbian couple, as they tell their story through alternating chapters, in a time of crisis. 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.īy 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. Our Wives Under The Sea was to me a more symbolic art of something our souls all yearn for and eventually learn to let go of. 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 Leah finally returns after a deep sea mission that ended in catastrophe, her wife Miri knows that something is wrong. It’s a story of falling in love, loss, grief, and what life there is in the deep, deep sea. Our Wives Under The Sea is the debut novel from the critically acclaimed author of salt slow. When she finally surfaces and returns home, her wife Miri knows that something is wrong. Living in the same space but suddenly separate, Miri comes to realize that the life that they had might be gone. A marine biologist, she left for a routine expedition months earlier, only this time her submarine sank to the sea floor. 'Shocking.Achingly poetic.Sharp and beautiful as coral polyps.Armfield exercises an exquisite-even sadistic-sense of suspense.' -Ron Charles, The Washington Post Led by foreman Bud Brigman (Ed Harris) and his hypercompetent, stubborn estranged wife Lindsey (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio), the crew endures a variety of harrowing mishaps before ultimately.

'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 A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (NPR, The Washington Post, Lit Hub, The Telegraph, Goodreads, Tor.com, them, and more)

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