The Unworthy Balm And they're both on balmy

And they're both on balmy Little Crescent Island for the same reason: to write the biography of a woman no one has seen in years--or at least to meet with the octogenarian who claims to be the Margaret Ives

Thirst plays with the boundaries of genre while exploring the limits of female agency

she reconsiders King David

is at the top of his powers

The Unworthy Balm And they're both on balmyBy Agustina Bazterrica Paperback THE JAW DROPPING NATIONAL BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTION The long awaited new novel from the author of global sensation Tender Is the Flesh: a thrilling work of literary horror about a woman cloistered in a secretive, violent religious order, while outside the world has fallen into chaos. From her cell in a mysterious convent, a woman writes the story of her life in