Cautery
Lijtmaer, Lucía2025
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Fantasies, or are they premonitions, of a great wave, an impending apocalypse, threaten to swamp a young woman trapped in a slowly curdling relationship. From the outside it all looks good-the casually elegant apartment, the cocktail parties, the impressive, creative friends - but for all her supposed freedom, her unhappiness means she's not living up to her side of the bargain. Why, everyone asks, is this not enough? 400 years earlier, formidable, irascible Deborah Moody marries, is disappointed, is widowed, loses a child, loses everything, and flees England for the Massachusetts Bay Colony. She finds her fortune there, but if relying on a husband proved a mistake, independence doesn't mean freedom from the dangerous vanities of men.
Main title:
Cautery / Lucía Lijtmaer ; translated by Maureen Shaughnessy.
Author:
Lijtmaer, Lucía, authorShaughnessy, Maureen, 1979-, translator
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Charco Press, 2025.
Collation:
236 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Spanish.
ISBN:
9781917260060 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
863.7
Language:
EnglishSpanish
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BRN:
5648497
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