Sophie Mackintosh
The Water Cure: A Novel
Hardcover
(Doubleday Jan. 8, 2019)
, 1st edition
“A gripping, sinister fable!” —Margaret Atwood, via TwitterONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR:NPR • GLAMOUR • GOOD HOUSEKEEPING • LIT HUB • THRILLISTKing 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.
- ISBN
- 0385543875 / 9780385543873
- Pages
- 288
- Weight
- 17.6 oz.
- Dimensions
- 5.8 x 1.1
in.