The Water Cure A Novel |
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Author:
| Mackintosh, Sophie |
ISBN: | 978-0-385-54387-3 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2019 |
Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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Imprint: | Doubleday |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $25.95 |
Book Description:
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"A gripping, sinister fable!" --Margaret Atwood, via Twitter ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR * GLAMOUR * GOOD HOUSEKEEPING * LIT HUB
* THRILLIST King has tenderly staked out a territory for his wife and three daughters, Grace, Lia, and Sky. Here on his island, women are protected from the chaos and violence of men on the mainland. The cult-like rituals and therapies they endure fortify them from the spreading...
More Description "A gripping, sinister fable!" --Margaret Atwood, via Twitter
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR:
NPR * GLAMOUR * GOOD HOUSEKEEPING * LIT HUB * THRILLIST
King has tenderly staked out a territory for his wife and three daughters, Grace, Lia, and Sky. Here on his island, women are protected from the chaos and violence of men on the mainland. The cult-like rituals and therapies they endure fortify them from the spreading toxicity of a degrading world.
But when King disappears and two men and a boy wash ashore, the sisters' safe world begins to unravel. Over the span of one blistering hot week, a psychological cat-and-mouse game plays out. Sexual tensions and sibling rivalries flare as the sisters are forced to confront the amorphous threat the strangers represent.
A haunting, riveting debut, The Water Cure is a fiercely poetic feminist revenge fantasy that's a startling reflection of our time.