{"product_id":"the-illness-lesson","title":"The Illness Lesson","description":"\u003cp\u003eSarah Waters meetsÊThe GirlsÊin this haunting, wickedly perceptive debut set in an all-girl school and seeking to answer the timeless question: Who has authority over a woman's body?\u003cbr\u003e\nIt is 1871. At the farm of Samuel Hood and his daughter, Caroline, a mysterious flock of red birds has descended. Samuel, whose fame as a philosopher is waning, takes the birds' appearance as an omen that the time is ripe for his newest venture. He will start a school for young women, guiding their intellectual development as he has so carefully guided his daughter's. Despite Caroline's misgivings, Samuel's vision - revolutionary, as always; noble, as always; full of holes, as always - takes shape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt's not long before the students begin to manifest bizarre symptoms: rashes, seizures, verbal tics, night wanderings. In desperate, the school turns to the ministering of a sinister physician - just as Caroline's body, too, begins its betrayal. As the girls' condition worsens, Caroline must confront the all-male, all-knowing authorities of her world, the ones who insist the voices of the sufferers are unreliable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWritten in intensely vivid prose and brimming with insight, The Illness Lesson is a powerful exploration of women's bodies, women's minds and the time-honoured tradition of doubting both.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clare Beams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49013896741017,"sku":"9781784164386","price":790.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0735\/5642\/6905\/files\/the-illness-lesson_ff4d24ab-2909-42ba-adb3-ba21bf5eb214.jpg?v=1789228968","url":"https:\/\/booksworldstore.com\/products\/the-illness-lesson","provider":"Books World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}