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What to read this weekend: Family dysfunction at the end of the world, and the woman who challenged Victorian medicine

This week, we picked up Julia Armfield's Private Rites, Lydia Reeder's The Cure for Women, and Snotgirl by Bryan Lee O'Malley and Leslie Hung.

But Julia Armfield is one of my favorite contemporary authors — please check out her short story collection, salt slow, and her debut novel, Our Wives Under the Sea — so her new book, described as a speculative reimagining of King Lear, was an immediate purchase for me. Mary Putnam Jacobi, the main focus of this book, entered the scene not long after, becoming a highly educated doctor and spearheading scientific research on the female reproductive system. The biggest news stories this morning: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle review, Overwatch 2 will test 6v6 role queue matches starting December 17, Android’s latest round of AI features improves accessibility, file sharing and more

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