The electrifying new novel from the Booker shortlisted author of Everything Under. ''A short sharp explosion of a gothic thriller whose tension ratchets up and up to an ending of extraordinary lyricism and virtuosity'' Observer, Fiction to Watch Out For in 2020. Something unspeakable has happened to sisters July and September. Desperate for a fresh start, their mother Sheela moves them across the country to an old family house that has a troubled life of its own.