The Water Cure

TitleThe Water Cure
Year for Search2018
AuthorsMackintosh, Sophie(b. 1988)
Date Published2018
PublisherHamish Hamilton
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsEnglish author, Female author, Welsh author
Annotation

The novel is set in what is presented as a dystopian future in which men have supposedly become literally toxic to women, and one man isolates his family, including his three daughters, on an island. It is never made clear is the toxicity actually exists. 

Additional Publishers

U. S. edition New York: Doubleday, 2018

Holding Institutions

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Author Note

The female author (b. 1988) was born and raised in Wales, educated in England, and writes in both English and Welsh.

Full Text

2018 Mackintosh, Sophie (b. 1988). The Water Cure. London: Hamish Hamilton. U. S. edition New York: Doubleday, 2018. PSt

The novel is set in what is presented as a dystopian future in which men have supposedly become literally toxic to women, and one man isolates his family, including his three daughters, on an island. It is never made clear is the toxicity actually exists. The female author was born and raised in Wales, educated in England, and writes in both English and Welsh.