{"product_id":"the-water-cure-paperback","title":"The Water Cure - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSophie Mackintosh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A gripping, sinister fable \" --Margaret Atwood, via Twitter \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003cbr\u003eNPR \u003cb\u003e- GLAMOUR \u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eGOOD HOUSEKEEPING - LIT HUB \u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003eTHRILLIST\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKing 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA haunting, riveting debut, \u003ci\u003eThe Water Cure\u003c\/i\u003e is a fiercely poetic feminist revenge fantasy that's a startling reflection of our time.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSophie Mackintosh won the 2016 White Review Short Story Prize and the 2016 Virago\/Stylist Short Story competition, and has been published in \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and \u003ci\u003eTank\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, among others. \u003ci\u003eThe Water Cure\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 7.95 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 03, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47458370289885,"sku":"9780525562832","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/1FhMQSc-Aq9780525562832.webp?v=1771612712","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-water-cure-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}