{"product_id":"the-water-cure-9780525562832","title":"The Water Cure","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A gripping, sinister fable \" --Margaret Atwood, via Twitter \u003c\/b\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50662197592338,"sku":"9780525562832","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bd84c369-86ed-4614-b61e-787ed97cdfe6.jpg?v=1733515972","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-water-cure-9780525562832","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}