![]() ![]() As we move through the novel, each section titled after one of the four layers of the ocean, we alternate between Miri and Leah’s perspectives, learning about the intricacies of their relationship, the grief that comes from the loss of intimacy, and the truth about what Leah experienced under the sea. Though they spend all their time together in the same apartment, Leah is unable to really connect with Miri about what happened and spends all of her time running the taps in their bathroom. While she is relieved her wife returns, Miri soon discovers that the ocean has changed Leah. While Leah was under, Miri was unable to communicate with her or even confirm she was still alive. ![]() Julia Armfield’s brilliant debut novel centers around the relationship between Miri and her wife Leah, after Leah returns from a six month deep sea submarine mission which was only supposed to last three weeks. Our Wives Under The Sea is the lesbian ocean horror book I didn’t know I needed. Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield. ![]()
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