I asked God if he please couldn`t take my brother Matthies instead of my rabbit. `Amen.` Ten-year-old Jas has a unique way of experiencing her universe: the feeling of udder ointment on her skin as protection against harsh winters; the texture of green warts, like capers, on migrating toads; the sound of `blush words` that aren`t in the Bible. But when a tragic accident ruptures the family, her curiosity warps into a vortex of increasingly disturbing fantasies - unlocking a darkness that threatens to derail them all. A bestselling sensation in the Netherlands, Marieke Lucas Rijneveld`s radical debut novel is studded with images of wild, violent beauty: a world of language unlike any other, exquisitely captured in Michele Hutchison`s translation. `THE MOST TALKED ABOUT DEBUT NOVEL OF 2020 ALREADY` [Dazed & Confused] ONE OF VOGUE`S TOP FIVE DEBUTS OF 2020 ONE OF THE OBSERVER`S HIGHLIGHTS OF 2020 ONE OF THE GUARDIAN`S TOP TEN BEST NEW BOOKS IN TRANSLATION SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2020