The garden a novel
"From the author of the critically acclaimed The Illness Lesson ("astoundingly original"-NYTBR), comes a page-turning and psychologically penetrating tale about the rules that govern women's bodies and lives. In 1948, Irene Willard, who's had five previous miscarriages in a quest to give her beloved...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Doubleday,
[2024]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "From the author of the critically acclaimed The Illness Lesson ("astoundingly original"-NYTBR), comes a page-turning and psychologically penetrating tale about the rules that govern women's bodies and lives. In 1948, Irene Willard, who's had five previous miscarriages in a quest to give her beloved husband the child he desperately desires and is now pregnant again, comes to an isolated house-cum-hospital in the Berkshires, run by a husband-and-wife team of doctors who are pioneering a cure for her condition. Warily, she enlists herself in the efforts of the Doctors Hall to "rectify the maternal environment," both physical and psychological. In the meantime, she also discovers a long-forgotten walled garden on the spacious grounds, a place imbued with its own powers and pulls. As the doctors' plans begin to crumble, Irene and her fellow patients make a desperate bid to harness the power of the garden for themselves-and must face the incalculable risks associated with such incalculable rewards. With shades of Shirley Jackson and Rosemary's Baby, The Garden delves into the territory of motherhood, childbirth, the mysteries of the female body, and the ways it has always been controlled and corralled"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 289 pages ; 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780385548182 0385548184 9780593466544 0593466543 |
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