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Early in Katherine Brabon’s fourth novel, one of her two protagonists, a woman named Vera, turns to the internet for advice on falling pregnant. Among the articles and advertisements suggesting “surely miraculous” remedies, she finds something similarly potent with promise: stories.

Doubles and reflections abound in this subtle exploration of the stories we tell about sickness, centring on a mother and daughter who travel to Italy in search of healing

Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

Awakened by Laura Elliott; Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by VE Schwab; Immaculate Conception by Ling Ling Huang; Esperance by Adam Oyebanji; The Quiet by Barnaby Martin