The Garden

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It’s 1948, and Irene Willard has had five miscarriages. She’s desperate to give her beloved husband the child he desperately desires and, now pregnant for the sixth time, checks in to an isolated house-cum-hospital run by a husband-and-wife team of doctors who are pioneering a cure, they say, to ‘rectify the maternal environment’. There, she befriends Dorothy and Pearl, women who are also yearning for motherhood, and together, they undertake the doctors’ examinations, both physical and psychological. In the meantime, she discovers a long-forgotten walled garden on the spacious grounds, a place imbued with its own impenetrable 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 must face the incalculable risks associated with such incalculable rewards.

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SKU: 9781805462378 Category: Tags: , Publisher/imprint : Atlantic Books
Page count : 304
Published on 18th September, 2025

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From the critically acclaimed author comes an eerie, psychologically thrilling novel about womanhood and bodily autonomy___________________’Pet Sematary meets Rosemary’s Baby with a literary sheen’ NEW YORK TIMES’A feminist voice for the 21st century’ JOYCE CAROL OATES’Prepare to be haunted’ RACHEL YODER___________________It’s 1948, and Irene Willard is pregnant for the sixth time.After five miscarriages, she checks into an isolated hospital that promises to deliver this child safely.Between examinations and experimental treatments, she discovers a mysterious garden on the grounds, where the boundary between life and death is strangely permeable. As the doctors’ plans crumble, Irene tries to harness the power of the garden for herself. But she must face the unimaginable risks associated with such unimaginable rewards…______________________More praise for The Garden’Truly original’ DAILY MAIL’Page-turning, horror-infused’ LITHUB’A dreamlike chiller’ OBSERVER’I’m in awe if this book’ JESSAMINE CHAN’A shimmering, strange, important novel’ RUFI THORPE

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Dimensions 19.8 × 12.9 cm
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