{"product_id":"the-garden","title":"The Garden","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAn eerie, masterful novel about pregnancy as a haunted house and the ways the female body has always been policed and manipulated, from the award-winning author\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eof The Illness Lesson\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e(“A masterpiece” – Elizabeth Gilbert)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1948, Irene Willard, who’s had five previous miscarriages in a quest to give her beloved husband the child he desperately desires, is now pregnant again. She comes to an isolated house-cum-hospital in the Berkshires, run by a husband-and-wife team of doctors who are pioneering a cure for her condition. Warily, she enlists herself in the efforts of the Doctors Hall to “rectify the maternal environment,” both physical and psychological. In the meantime, she also discovers a long-forgotten walled garden on the spacious grounds, a place imbued with its own powers and pulls. As the doctors’ plans begin to crumble, Irene and her fellow patients make a desperate bid to harness the power of the garden for themselves—and face the unthinkable risks associated with such incalculable rewards.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith shades of Shirley Jackson and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRosemary's Baby, The Garden\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e delves into the territory of motherhood, childbirth, the mysteries of the female body, and the ways it has always been controlled and corralled.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Words on Pages Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53296061284717,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0933\/7700\/3885\/files\/garden_a1811808-d013-4c86-9aa2-c6175388c1d2.jpg?v=1778174806","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsonpagesbookshop.com\/products\/the-garden","provider":"Words on Pages Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}