Disappearing Earth

"Kamchatka, Russia – and its main city of Petropavlovsk – forms the backdrop to a stunning debut novel from Julia Phillips, Disappearing Earth. When two young sisters are lured into a strange man’s car and disappear, their community wants to find out why; through voices of the women who make up that community, we discover why they may never do so. A fierce indictment of a world – not just a region – that continues to devalue all things female."