Comfort Me With Apples
Catherynne M. Valente
- First edition.
- New York Tordotcom 2021
- 103 pages 21 cm
"A Tom Doherty Associates book."
A woman who believes she is living a perfect life begins to wonder why her husband is away at work so much, and also what is in the locked basement she is not permitted to enter. Sophia was made for him. Her perfect husband. Their home together in Arcadia Gardens is perfect. Everything is perfect. It's just that he is away so much, so often. He says he misses her, so it must be true. But sometimes Sophia wonders about things. Strange things. Dark things. The look on her husband's face when he comes back from a long business trip. The questions he will not answer. The locked basement she is never allowed to enter. And whenever she asks the neighbors, they can't quite meet her gaze ... -- adapted from jacket
9781250816214 1250816211
020401246 Uk
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