"A wonderland of fantastical and frightening magical and real." Marlon James "A fantastical
fierce reckoning... Sorrowland is gorgeous." Roxanne Gay "Dark magical and incredibly
satisfying." Independent "An exhilarating journey to the outer limits of science fiction. "
Guardian. --- Vern a hunted woman alone in the woods gives birth to twins and raises them
away from the influence of the outside world. But something is wrong - not with them but with
her own body. It's changing it's itching it's stronger it's... not normal. To understand her
body's metamorphosis Vern must investigate not just the secluded religious compound she fled
but the violent history of dehumanization medical experimentation and genocide that produced
it. In the course of reclaiming her own darkness Vern learns that monsters aren't just
individuals but entire histories systems and nations. Sorrowland is a memorable work of
Gothic fiction that wrestles with the tangled history of racism in America and the
marginalisation of society's undesirables. It is a searing seminal book that marks the arrival
of a bold unignorable voice in American fiction.
