Cautery [electronic resource]
Lucía Lijtmaer2025
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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?Four hundred 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.Funny, cutting, and a
savage indictment of the cheap consolations of meme-ified faux feminism,
misplaced solidarity, and sacrifices for the supposed greater
good, Cautery offers us two women (one based on a historical figure, one
ima...
Main title:
Cautery [electronic resource] / Lucía Lijtmaer
Author:
Lucía Lijtmaer, Author
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Charco Press, 2025
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (236 pages)
Audience:
General / adult
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781917260077
Language:
English
BRN:
533940
Electronic access:
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |