Beams, Clare
The Illness Lesson
- ISBN 13:
- 9781784164386
- author:
- Beams, Clare
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Black Swan
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2021
- Pages:
- 288
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.8 x 1.6 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Literary, Fiction & Literature,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 4 working days
Description
A haunting and intense debut novel about women's minds and bodies, The Illness Lesson is an extraordinary story of courage and resistance. In 1871, at an elite new school designed to shape the minds of young women, a mysterious illness begins to spread among the students. As the disease takes hold, teacher Caroline Hood tries desperately to hide her own symptoms, but the powers-that-be turn to a sinister physician with dubious methods. The result is a suspenseful and unsettling exploration of the ways in which women's bodies are controlled and manipulated by those in power. With its subtle yet clever writing, this novel builds to a shocking climax, shedding light on the horrors that can occur when decent people look on and do nothing.
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