Throughout the harrowing “She’s Under Here,” Palmer asks herself what makes a mother, ruminating on whether stealing her own children was the right thing to do. For her, solid answers are elusive (maybe not so much for the reader). She aims the reckoning of the subtitle, “A Love Story, a Horror Story, a Reckoning,” at the situation, but also at herself.
Where she lands and how she gets there makes for truly compelling reading.
Maren Longbella is a multiplatform editor at the Star Tribune.
Publisher: Algonquin Books, 247 pages.