{"product_id":"book-hsv8","title":"The Garden","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR FROM KIRKUS AND VANITY FAIR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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":"Audiobook","offer_id":49317501337904,"sku":"BDhsv8","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/435567-hsv8-Square.jpg?v=1733450044","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-hsv8","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}