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The Water Cure

bySophie Mackintosh

LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018

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You are a girl. Your body is vulnerable. Men will break it if they can - and out there, they absolutely can.

Suffering will prepare you for the worst. The cure is nothing compared to what you've been spared in the sickness. It takes a lot of love to hurt you like this.

Now, come outside. It's time to play the drowning game.

Compulsive, eerily gorgeous, [it] will have you gripped until the end... A film adaptation feels inevitable... As far as debuts go, this is superb

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About Sophie Mackintosh

Sophie Mackintosh is the author of three novels: The Water Cure, Blue Ticket and Cursed Bread. Her debut novel was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2018 and won a Betty Trask Award 2019. Cursed Bread was longlisted for the Women's Prize 2023. She has been published in Granta, The White Review and TANK magazine among others.
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  • Imprint: Penguin
  • ISBN: 9780241983010
  • Length: 256 pages
  • Dimensions: 198mm x 15mm x 129mm
  • Weight: 182g
  • Price: £9.99
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