{"product_id":"the-illness-lesson-3","title":"Illness Lesson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A modern scream of female outrage. A masterpiece' ELIZABETH GILBERT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Astoundingly original . . . belongs on the shelf with your Margaret Atwood' \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHaunting, intense and irresistible, The Illness Lesson is an extraordinary debut about women's minds and bodies, and the time-honoured tradition of doubting both.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1871, at an elite new school designed to shape the minds of young women, the inscrutable and defiant Eliza Bell has been overwhelmed by an inexplicable illness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBefore long, the other girls start to succumb to its peculiar symptoms - rashes, tics,\u003cbr\u003enight wanderings and fits.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the disease takes hold, teacher Caroline Hood tries desperately to hide her own symptoms, but\u003cbr\u003ethe powers-that-be turn to a sinister physician with dubious methods.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDoes Caroline have the courage to confront the all-male, all-knowing authorities of her world\u003cbr\u003eand protect the young women in her care?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'You want to know how horrifying things happened while decent people looked on and did nothing? Read this novel' MARY BETH KEANE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Subtle, clever, suspenseful . . . builds to a shocking climax' DIANE SETTERFIELD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A S\u003ci\u003eunday Times \u003c\/i\u003eBook to Read in 2020: A classic ghost story for fans of \u003ci\u003ePicnic at Hanging Rock\u003c\/i\u003e, Deborah Levy, Jeffrey Eugenides' \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES STYLE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Transworld Publishers Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39363686269011,"sku":"9781784164386","price":15.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781784164386_4695416c-c18e-4d75-ae15-88dc25d91440.jpg?v=1764420323","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/the-illness-lesson-3","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}