Private Rites''Brilliantly audacious'' GUARDIAN''Stunning''DAZED''Her prose sparkles'' ELIZA CLARKHauntingly good iNEWSA must read GLAMOUR''One of my favourite novels'' JEFF VANDERMEERFrom the bestselling author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a haunting, heart wrenching novel of three sisters navigating queer love and faith at the end of the world. Theres no way to bury a body in earth which is floodedIts been raining for a long time now, for so long that the lands

She begrudgingly agrees

there are step-by-step routines to treat a range of common ailments

If the answer to any of the above is no

It's nearing the end of WWII and Michael Harsh has been working for the government on a secret project for years

badgers and birds

Vincenzo and Giovanna fall in love the moment they set eyes on each other

as well as more colloquial language

and then - emotion by emotion - she explains how we can manage our reactions to those emotions

She is desperate to forget her traumatic past by burying herself in her cases alongside her new trainee

The theme of WORDS OF LIFE for 2012 is faith

gunships and stoic councils - but with glitter

- The Secret of Chimneys