<b>“A gripping, sinister fable!” —Margaret Atwood, via Twitter<br><br>ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR:<br>NPR <b>• GLAMOUR <b>•</b> </b>GOOD HOUSEKEEPING • LIT HUB <b>• </b>THRILLIST<br></b><br>King 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.<br><br>But 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.<br><br>A haunting, riveting debut, <i>The Water Cure</i> is a fiercely poetic feminist revenge fantasy that’s a startling reflection of our time. - (Random House, Inc.)
<b>'A gripping, sinister fable!' 'margaret Atwood, via Twitter<br><br>ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR:<br>NPR <b>' GLAMOUR <b>'</b> </b>GOOD HOUSEKEEPING ' LIT HUB <b>' </b>THRILLIST<br></b><br>King 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.<br><br>But 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.<br><br>A haunting, riveting debut, <i>The Water Cure</i> is a fiercely poetic feminist revenge fantasy that's a startling reflection of our time. - (Random House, Inc.)