A strange epidemic is sweeping the globe. Little by little, each victim becomes transparent, their heart beating behind a visible rib cage, an intricate network of nerves left hanging in mid-air. Finally, the victims disappear entirely, never to be seen again. In this bittersweet and hauntingly surreal tale, a couple struggle to connect while the epidemic creeps nearer. 'I dreamt we were at sea,' she says.
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[When the anguish between us grows so palpable that it manifests veins and a nervous system, an entire body that darts from beneath bed frames and behind dresses to howl the night away, I finally relent and agree to meet with a therapist]***
(Fairlight Books, 1 August 2019, 118 pages, ebook, copy from @FairlightBooks via # NetGalley and voluntarily reviewed)
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Oh my God, this book, this amazing piece of writing completely blew my mind. Once I started to read I couldn't set my Kindle aside. I had to find out if the couple would find the way back to each other, the truth about how they drifted apart in the first place and where the strange epidemic would read. This book is incredibly sad and haunting at times. The couple clearly still love each other but tragedy has driven a massive wedge between them. I rooted for them from the first page. I loved the fact the phrase I dreamt we were at sea, she says is repeated throughout the book, giving the whole thing a surreal and dreamlike feeling. This is the best book I've read so far from Fairlight Moderns.
