The Water Cure
Book description
'A gripping, sinister fable' - MARGARET ATWOOD, via Twitter
'An extraordinary debut novel. Otherworldly, luminous, precise... She is writing the way that Sofia Coppola would shoot the end of the world' Guardian
Shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Breakthrough Award
'Bold, inventive, haunting... With shades of Margaret Atwood and…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Water Cure as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
In a list of dystopian futures, Mackintosh’s book sits a little unsurely. It’s a dreamy, otherworldly novel, and we’re never quite sure when or where it’s taking place. Three sisters live in isolation with their parents, avoiding an outside world ravaged by contagion – but is the threat real or imagined?
I love this book for its strangeness: it’s an uncanny fairy tale, partly set in some kind of decrepit Victorian seaside retreat for lady hysterics, partly set in the woods where wolves (or men) may prowl.
Mackintosh builds layered dystopias, where both the diseased, brutal world of male violence…
From Fiona's list on dark, dystopian futures written by women.
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