Description
A young woman named Mary, exhausted by chronic, inexplicable ailments and hemmed in by debt, desperation, and estrangement from her Evangelist family, agrees to a mysterious opportunity that promises relief at any cost. What begins as an unorthodox “treatment” quickly reveals itself as part of a larger, preposterous experiment orchestrated by a reclusive, extravagantly wealthy actor. As Mary is pulled into strange arrangements and shifting power dynamics, the novel probes what people will trade for answers—about the body, faith, identity, and control. With Catherine Lacey’s sharp, darkly comic edge and her talent for turning the surreal into something emotionally precise, this story blends satire and suspense to ask whether certainty is ever truly attainable.
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Alfaguara
Published Jan 1, 2017
238 pages
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First Published
2017
Language
eng
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