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The water cure : a novel  Cover Image Book Book

The water cure : a novel / Sophie Mackintosh.

Mackintosh, Sophie, (author.).

Summary:

"King has tenderly staked out a territory for his wife and three daughters, Grace, Lia, and Sky. He has lain the barbed wire; he has anchored the buoys in the water; he has marked out a clear message: Do not enter. Or, viewed from another angle: Not safe to leave. Here 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 their father, the only man they've ever seen, disappears, they retreat further inward until the day two men and a boy wash ashore. 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 confront the amorphous threat the strangers represent. Can they survive the men?"--Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780385543873
  • ISBN: 9780525562832
  • Physical Description: 269 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First United States edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Doubleday, [2018]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Originally published in Great Britain by Hamish Hamilton ... in 2018"--Copyright page.
Subject: Island life > Fiction.
Sisters > Fiction.
Dystopias > Fiction.
Social isolation > Fiction.
Sex role > Fiction.
Women > Fiction.
Islands > Fiction.
Women > Crimes against > Fiction.
Mothers and daughters > Fiction.
Fathers and daughters > Fiction.
Genre: Psychological fiction.
Dystopian fiction.

Available copies

  • 5 of 5 copies available at Sage Library System.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 5 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Baker Richland Branch MACKINTOSH (Sophie) (Text) 37814003470359 FICTION Available -
Gilliam County Library F MACK (Text) 37823000173072 Adult Fiction Available -
Hood River County Library FIC MACKINTOSH (Text) 33892100584425 Adult Fiction Available -
Ontario Community Library MACKINTOSH, Sophie (Text) 33330004783827 Adult Fiction Available -
Pendleton Public Library F MACKI (Text) 37801000626687 Adult Fiction Available -


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