When Things Are Alive They Hum

‘Family dynamics are tested to the limit in this emotive and confronting debut.’ – Woman & HomeWhen Things Are Alive They Hum poses profound questions about the nature of love and existence, the w ...

‘Family dynamics are tested to the limit in this emotive and confronting debut.’ – Woman & HomeWhen Things Are Alive They Hum poses profound questions about the nature of love and existence, the ways grief changes us, and how we confront the hand fate has dealt us. Marlowe and Harper share a bond deeper than most sisters, shaped by the loss of their mother in childhood. For Harper, living with what she calls the Up syndrome and gifted with an endless capacity for wonder, Marlowe and she are connected by an invisible thread, like the hum that connects all things. For Marlowe, they are bound by