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Sarah Underwood

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Sarah Underwood grew up in Devon, England. A data scientist by training, she obtained her MEng in Computational Bioengineering at Imperial College, London and her MPhil in Population Health Sciences at the University of Cambridge. She is now studying for her PhD at the University of Oxford.
Sarah’s first novel, Lies We Sing to the Sea, became an instant New York Times, indie, and international bestseller.

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Average rating: 3.46 · 12,743 ratings · 2,669 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Lies We Sing to the Sea 3.42 avg rating — 10,981 ratings — published 2023 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gentlest of Wild Things 3.74 avg rating — 1,762 ratings — published 2024 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Sarah Underwood rated a book it was amazing Taipei Story by R.F. Kuang (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
dryly observed, very funny & very very bleak in near equal measure, sometimes at the same time. captures every fear & frustration (& the joy & pride, eventually) of residential language learning & the pain of losing a grandparent. their death coincid ...more
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Kat Dunn repaints the classic story of Carmilla in the boldest, bloodiest colours. Hungerstone is decadent, brilliant, triumphant and I devoured it.
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“We are more than our actions,” said Leto. “We are the way we love others, and the way they love us back.”
― Sarah Underwood, Lies We Sing to the Sea

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“Caged birds, she supposed, learned to recognize the sound of each other’s songs.”
― Sarah Underwood, Lies We Sing to the Sea

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“Gods feed on the terror of mortals,” said Melantho. “Where there is no fear, there are no prayers.”
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