"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