![]() ![]() ![]() This is also a book for readers compelled by oceanography, its organizing principal being the ocean’s five main layers. ![]() Odd details, such as a chat room for wives of fictional husbands in space, percolate up like unexplained air bubbles from an ocean crevasse. The Centre no longer answers Miri’s calls, Leah needs more tablespoons of salt stirred into her water, and the novel reaches its painful, inevitable conclusion. Readers compelled by existentialism, unanswered questions, and ambiguity will enjoy this interesting debut. In alternating chapters, Miri narrates her attempts to navigate the bureaucratic Centre to get resources for Leah, process her mother’s death, and reconnect to her wife by holding on to memories of their previous time, while Leah narrates the terrifying, unstructured, dark, and empty-windowed days under the sea. Leah does return, yet she spends most of her time near running water in the bathroom. OUR WIVES UNDER THE SEA by Julia Armfield RELEASE DATE: JWhat happens to a marriage when one spouse is no longer the person you married Leah and Miri lead a conventional married life of comfortable routine, shared love of movies, and happiness at having found each other. Wives Miri and Leah were separated for unexpected months without communication when Leah’s submarine lost power and sunk to the ocean floor in this first novel by Armfield ( salt slow, 2019). ![]()
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