The Garden

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Beschreibung

<p><b>From the critically acclaimed author comes an eerie, psychologically thrilling novel about womanhood and bodily autonomy</b><br><b>___________________</b><br><br><b>'<i>Pet Sematary </i>meets <i>Rosemary's Baby </i>with a literary sheen' </b><i>NEW YORK TIMES</i><br><b>'A feminist voice for the 21st century' </b>JOYCE CAROL OATES<br><b>'Prepare to be haunted' </b>RACHEL YODER<br><b>___________________</b><br><br><b>It's 1948, and Irene Willard has had five miscarriages. </b><br><br>She's desperate to give her beloved husband the child he desperately desires and, now pregnant for the sixth time, checks in to an isolated house-cum-hospital run by a husband-and-wife team of doctors who are pioneering a cure, they say, to 'rectify the maternal environment'.<br><br>There, she befriends Margaret and Pearl, women who are also yearning for motherhood, and together, they undertake the doctors' examinations, both physical and psychological. In the meantime, she discovers a long-forgotten walled garden on the spacious grounds, a place imbued with its own impenetrable 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.<br><br><b>Haunting, uncanny and unforgettable, <i>The Garden </i>exhumes private griefs and mysteries in a stunning gothic that explores the ways that women's bodies are policed and manipulated. <br>______________________<br><br>More praise for <i>The Garden<br></i><br>'Truly original' </b><i>DAILY MAIL<br></i><b>'Page-turning, horror-infused' </b><i>LITHUB</i><br><b>'A dreamlike chiller' </b><i>OBSERVER</i><br><b>'I'm in awe if this book' </b>JESSAMINE CHAN<br><b>'A shimmering, strange, important novel' </b>RUFI THORPE</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781805462378

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

196 x 127 x 23 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2025

Verlag / Hersteller

Atlantic Books