"This daughter of Mary Shelley delights and excites the border between story and science." --Samantha Hunt "A novel about what we want and also what we can't escape." --Allegra Hyde "A haunting chord of a novel that will hang in the air long after you turn the final page." --Tiffany Tsao "Reads like a documentary retold as a dream retold as a mystery novel. What a wise, good-hearted debut!" --Kate Bernheimer