{"product_id":"the-garden-9780593466544b","title":"The Garden","description":"\u003cb\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 \u003ci\u003eof The Illness Lesson \u003c\/i\u003e(“A masterpiece” – Elizabeth Gilbert)\u003c\/b\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 \u003ci\u003eRosemary's Baby, The Garden\u003c\/i\u003e delves into the territory of motherhood, childbirth, the mysteries of the female body, and the ways it has always been controlled and corralled.\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\"Genius.\"—\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e“A teeming gothic.”—\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eVanity Fair \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e“Few novels of literary fiction are written as well as \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Garden\u003c\/span\u003e.\"—\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe LA Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vintage Books","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42825314533456,"sku":"9780593466544B","price":7.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9780593466544-l.jpg?v=1785900380","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/the-garden-9780593466544b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}