{"product_id":"the-garden-a-novel-isbn-9780593466544","title":"The Garden: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Genius.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e • “A teeming gothic.”—\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair \u003c\/i\u003e• “Few novels of literary fiction are written as well as \u003ci\u003eThe Garden.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe LA Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233670738149,"sku":"NP9780593466544","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780593466544.jpg?v=1767739469","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-garden-a-novel-isbn-9780593466544","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}