'As I tried to move I realized how narrow the hole really was. The hole felt as though it was
exactly my size - a trap made just for me' When Asa's husband is offered a new job away from
the city the couple end up relocating. And since his new office is very close to his family's
home it makes sense to move in next door to his parents. Through the long hot summer Asa does
her best to adjust to their new rural lives to the constant presence of her in-laws to the
emptiness of her existence and the incessant buzz of cicadas. And then one day while running
an errand for her mother-in-law she comes across a strange creature follows it to the
embankment of a river and ends up falling into a hole - a hole that seems to have been made
specifically for her. Thus begins a series of bizarre experiences that drives Asa deeper into
the mysteries of this rural landscape and the family she has married in to leading her to
question her role in this world and eventually who she even is. 'A great book' Patti Smith
'Surreal and mesmerizing' New York Times 'A rare literary page-turner' Monique Truong 'A
haunting and transformative work of fiction' Laura van den Berg
