Personal Rites by Julia Armfield
This apocalyptic literary horror novel is from the creator of Our Wives Underneath the Sea. In a futuristic retelling of Shakespeare’s King Lear, three sisters grapple with the mundane horrors of life throughout an apocalypse. Years of endless rain have reshaped the continents, toppled governments, and introduced again a determined sort of historical faith. Sisters Agnes, Irene, and Isla have grown aside below the stress of the altering planet, however the demise of their architect father forces them to reunite to kind by the well-known glass home he constructed, stuffed with secrets and techniques and reminiscences they’d somewhat neglect. Julia Armfield writes haunting queer characters with a creeping sense of dread that you simply really feel in your bones. —Susie Dumond
