The Juniper Tree

Fantastic book! Comyns always sneaks up on you, creating funny characters who tell you about their problems with comic understatement, and who intricately describe the beauty and the horror of the world around them. She eschews traditional plot beats, so whenever there's a twist, it's truly shocking. Such an interesting take on the fairy tale "The Juniper Tree"...this novel leaps far beyond the platform of those story tropes to leave us a wry but heartfelt message about the kind of strength it takes for a woman to survive.