
Illness Lesson
''A modern scream of female outrage. A masterpiece'' ELIZABETH GILBERT
''Astoundingly original . . . belongs on the shelf with your Margaret Atwood'' NEW YORK TIMES
Haunting, intense and irresistible, The Illness Lesson is an extraordinary debut about women''s minds and bodies, and the time-honoured tradition of doubting both.
In 1871, at an elite new school designed to shape the minds of young women...
''A modern scream of female outrage. A masterpiece'' ELIZABETH GILBERT
''Astoundingly original . . . belongs on the shelf with your Margaret Atwood'' NEW YORK TIMES
Haunting, intense and irresistible, The Illness Lesson is an extraordinary debut about women''s minds and bodies, and the time-honoured tradition of doubting both.
In 1871, at an elite new school designed to shape the minds of young women...