It’s a story of falling in love, loss, grief, and what life there is in the deep, deep sea. A 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'Sh. 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. Our Wives Under The Sea is the debut novel from the critically acclaimed author of salt slow. A marine biologist, she left for a routine expedition months earlier, only this time her submarine sank to the sea floor. Living in the same space but suddenly separate, Miri comes to realize that the life that they had might be gone. Memories of what they had before – the jokes they shared, the films they watched, all the small things that made Leah hers – only remind Miri of what she stands to lose.
To have the woman she loves back should mean a return to normal life, but Miri can feel Leah slipping from her grasp. Whatever happened in that vessel, whatever it was they were supposed to be studying before they were stranded on the ocean floor, Leah has carried part of it with her, onto dry land and into their home. It soon becomes clear, though, that Leah may have come back wrong.
Miri thinks she has got her wife back, when Leah finally returns after a deep sea mission that ended in catastrophe.
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