In the House of the Sacred Sisterhood, the unworthy live in fear of the Superior Sisters whip. Seething with resentment, they plot against each other and await who will ascend to the level of the Enlightened – and who will suffer the next exemplary punishment.Risking her life, one of the unworthy keeps a diary in secret. Slowly, memories surface from a time before the world collapsed, before the Sacred Sisterhood became the only refuge.Then Luca arrives. She, too, is unworthy – but she is different. And her arrival brings a single spark of hope to a world of darkness.

Agustina Bazterrica is an Argentinian novelist and short-story writer. She is a central figure in the Buenos Aires literary scene, working as a cultural organiser and workshop curator. She has received several awards for her writing, most notably the Premio Clarn Novela for her second novel, Tender is the Flesh, which has been translated into over 20 languages and is also available from Pushkin Press.Sarah Moses is a Canadian writer and translator of French and Spanish. Her translations include Tender is the Flesh, Urgent Matters by Paula Rodrguez and Die, My Love by Ariana Harwicz, which was longlisted for the International Booker Prize, among other awards.