Emma says: “Told from a few rotating perspective, this story peels back the layers of a remote cult trapped in the 1980s like an onion. It’s beautifully written, the kind of book that touches with precision on themes like self-image and the relationships between women in small asides that leave you needing to stop reading and digest for a few seconds. A mother’s disappearance, a father’s disfigurement, friend’s growing up, a mysteriously beautiful boy, a loyal possibly-psychic puppy, and trading in things like second-hand clothes and teenage blood…what more could you want.”