“Slick and slippery, Julia Armfield's latest novel is the author at her finest. Private Rites is committed to plumbing the depths of what might be unknowable: the monstrous, inexorable thrust of climate change and the delicate, dangerous tangle of family and sisterhood. Armfield writes the kind of books that stick with you for life. I am proud to be one of her biggest fans.”
—Kristen Arnett, New York Times bestselling author of With Teeth

“Private Rites has the elemental power of a thunderstorm and the thrilling emotional honesty of a first kiss. Julia Armfield is an era-defining writer.” —Kaliane Bradley, author of The Ministry of Time

“Private Rites is lyrical, haunting, unsettling, and J.G. Ballard-ian in apocalyptic scope. What makes the novel soar even as its world drowns are the sisters—Iris, Irene, and Agnes—who are deeply, passionately, messily human.” —Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the World and A Head Full of Ghosts

“It's a book of extraordinary sentences, set in end-times which feel bleakly real yet pulse with a tireless, tangible force of love.” —Megan Hunter, author of The End We Start From

“The rainsoaked world of Private Rites is one you'll want to linger in: despite the creeping sense of dread, the characters and relationships Armfield has created are totally compelling. An astonishing ambitious novel that won't let you go.” —Sarvat Hasin, author of The Giant Dark