“Immensely moving.” - The Wall Street Journal Rumors and rivalries, secrets and lies, all add up to a compelling portrayal of a community under siege.” - People This mystery takes you to a scrappy ice-bound town in Russia's frozen north. Club, The New York Public Libraryįinalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prizeįinalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prizeįinalist for the New York Public Library's Young Lions Fiction Award

Louis Post-Dispatch, NPR, Real Simple, Entertainment Weekly, Variety, The A. The Washington Post, Esquire, Chicago Tribune, The Dallas Morning News, St. ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR We are transported to vistas of rugged beauty-open expanses of tundra, soaring volcanoes, dense forests, the glassy seas that border Japan and Alaska-and into a region as complex as it is alluring, where social and ethnic tensions have long simmered, and where outsiders are often the first to be accused. Taking us through the year that follows, Disappearing Earth enters the lives of women and girls in this tightly knit community who are connected by the crime: a witness, a neighbor, a detective, a mother. One August afternoon, two sisters-Sophia, eight, and Alyona, eleven-go missing from a beach on the far-flung Kamchatka Peninsula in northeastern Russia. is a testament to the novel's power.” - The New York Times Book Review Phillips's deep examination of loss and longing.

A propulsive, emotionally engaging debut novel about the intricate bonds of family and community, in a Russia unlike any we have seen before.

Lori Feathers, Interabang Books, Dallas, TX The mystery of the girls’ fates will keep you on the edge of your seat, but even more impressive is the way Phillips portrays the lives of her female characters-women who struggle to obtain a better life for themselves and their children, lives unencumbered by the racism, economic instability, and isolation inherent in living in a disregarded and harsh corner of Russia’s vast landscape.” “A thrilling and original debut novel that explores the lives of several women living in Russia’s remote Kamchatka Peninsula whose lives are unknowingly connected by the unsolved disappearances of three girls.

Casey Coonerty, Bookshop Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA Summer 2020 Reading Group Indie Next List

The stories of the women there-their family dynamics, their hopes and fears, the economic and cultural divide of various communities-tell a moving story about this place in a moment in time, but ultimately about the universal struggle of women living with the expectations placed on them. She beautifully transports us to a region of the world that I had never heard of and now can’t stop thinking about.

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