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Strange things are afoot in the English village where the Willoweed family live.

Unnatural floods usher in dead peacocks and ducks, soon followed by an ominous wave of self-inflicted deaths and a peculiar illness.

From their humble Willoweed cottage, sisters Emma and Hattie are helpless spectators to this unfolding chaos, their childhood idyll disintegrating as fear infects their once-familiar world.

But as the virus spreads and hysteria grips everyone around them, they realise their lives are about to change forever.

A twisted pandemic parable and a tragicomic gem.

One of the most distinctive voices in English literature – and ripe for rediscovery. — Telegraph

The pleasure in reading Comyns comes from her pure, runaway imagination… Her novels are honest yet dreamy, full of innocence and experience — TLS