Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M. Valente
Sophia’s life is perfect. She adores her husband, her company is much sought-after in the luxurious gated community she and her various neighbors share, she has endless tasks and joys to fill the long days while she waits for her husband to return from his various freelancing jobs. So why does everyone keep asking if she’s happy? Why has her husband forbidden her from breaching their home’s basement? Everything is perfect … right?
It would be easy to call Comfort Me With Apples (2021) a retelling of the “Bluebeard” folktale,
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