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Private rites : a novel / Julia Armfield.

Armfield, Julia, (author.).

Summary:

"From the award-winning author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a speculative reimagining of King Lear, centering three sisters navigating queer love and loss in a drowning world. It's been raining for a long time now, so long that the land has reshaped itself and arcane rituals and religions are creeping back into practice. Sisters Isla, Irene, and Agnes have not spoken in some time when their father dies. An architect as cruel as he was revered, his death offers an opportunity for the sisters to come together in a new way. In the grand glass house they grew up in, their father's most famous creation, the sisters sort through the secrets and memories he left behind, until their fragile bond is shattered by a revelation in his will. More estranged than ever, the sisters' lives spin out of control: Irene's relationship is straining at the seams; Isla's ex-wife keeps calling; and cynical Agnes is falling in love for the first time. But something even more sinister might be unfolding, something related to their mother's long-ago disappearance and the strangers who have always seemed unusually interested in the sisters' lives. Soon, it becomes clear that the sisters have been chosen for a very particular purpose, one with shattering implications for their family and their imperiled world"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250344311
  • ISBN: 125034431X
  • Physical Description: 291 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First United States edition
  • Publisher: New York : Flatiron Books, [2024]
Subject:
Sisters > Fiction.
Sisters > Family relationships > Fiction.
Estranged families > Fiction.
Fathers > Death > Fiction.
Bereavement > Fiction.
Rites and ceremonies > Fiction.
Missing persons > Fiction.
Lesbians > Fiction.
Genre:
Novels.

Available copies

  • 16 of 18 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 2 copies available at Harnett County Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 18 total copies.
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Dunn Public Library F Arm (Text) 33436001817979 Adult Fiction Available -
Harnett County Main Library F Arm (Text) 33630005437483 Adult Fiction Checked out 08/17/2026

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