The Water Cure
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The Water Cure
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Narrated by:
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Hannah Murray
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Gemma Whelan
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Morfydd Clark
About this listen
The second novel from Booker-longlisted Sophie Mackintosh
British Vogue 'Star of the Future' for 2020
Independent Best Books of the Decade
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh, read by Hannah Murray, Gemma Whelan and Morfydd Clark.
Once upon a time, damaged women came here to be cured. We took them in, fed them glasses of our clean, good water, let them scream at the waves till their lips split like ripe fruit. Now no one is left but my sisters and me. King died a year ago, quite suddenly. Mother has vanished, no one knows where. And the safe compound they built around us, far away from the toxic world, has finally been breached.
Three men arrived last week, washed up by the sea, their gazes hungry and insistent. We remember now what our father taught us. 'If the men come to you, show yourself some mercy. Don't stick around and wait for them to put you out of your misery.'
Critic Reviews
"Immensely assured, calmly devastating. This is a gem of a novel and I was bowled over by it." (Katherine Angel, author of Unmastered)
"I loved this book. It rushes you through to the end on a tide of tension and closely held panic. Eerie, electric, beautiful." (Daisy Johnson, author of Fen)
"Creepy and delightful - it has a pinch of Shirley Jackson, a dash of chlorine, and an essence all of its own." (Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of Harmless Like You)
What listeners say about The Water Cure
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- Janine Jaede
- 03-05-2023
A really good dystopian story
I loved this story. I would probably listen again as I did find it a little confusing at times and only realised it was mother speaking, not the daughters. Narration was excellent.
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-08-2019
A beautiful dream
This book transported me to the strangest world, where I recognised all the parts, but not the way it was put together. The perfect solo road trip book.
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- christiana O
- 06-05-2019
Great read
Really loved the characters and the metaphors of female vulnerability and strength. Would highly recommend a read
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- jocelyn e rosen
- 07-11-2022
Strange, beautiful and suspenseful
This book was gripping. Performed with a gentleness that was so pleasant to listen to. The lyrical language is full of poetry, imagery and intrigue. A very unusual story about family, the ways we can be bound tightly together and miles apart. And young women becoming who they are.
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- Kindle Customer
- 16-08-2020
Wouldn't recommend
I felt like I was waiting for the story to begin the entirety of the novel.
Very descriptive writing style but storyline was poor. Nothing ever really happened.
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- Nawwal
- 12-04-2023
Story about not much
Gah, I have had a bad run of picking books lately. Although this book has some beautiful prose, nothing really happens, the girls are a little disappointing in their reaction to men, and I didn't finish the book feeling satisfied. No answers were given.
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