Orpheus Builds a Girl, Heather Parry
‘Parry’s engrossing novel is a gothic web of depravity’
Our June pick, Orpheus Builds a Girl, is a chilling tale sure to be unlike anything you have ever read before. Taking a real-life case as inspiration, Parry’s engrossing novel is a gothic web of depravity that unveils horrors that are, regrettably and somewhat remarkably, still relevant today. Through two concurrent narratives, Parry exposes a morbid obsession masked by hopeless romanticism, the pervasive power of medical intervention and authority over a woman’s body, and the ever-present question of whose truth, whose narrative, and whose bodies are valued and protected. Orpheus Builds a Girl is a beautifully crafted novel that will capture readers, challenge them, and provoke them to confront the many evil banalities that continue to seep through humanity.
