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The claustrophobia of this novel is only compounded by the heat of its setting. The pressure of this mother-daughter dynamic swarms inwardly for Sofia, as outwardly she attempts to be a dutiful daughter. No one quite believes it. Strangely gripping as you wait for it all to break. Sally
Two women arrive in a village on the Spanish coast.
Rose is suffering from a strange illness and the doctors are mystified. Her daughter Sofia has brought her here to find a cure with the infamous and controversial Dr Gomez - a man of questionable methods and motives. Intoxicated by thick heat and the seductive people who move through it, both women begin to see their lives clearly for the first time in years.
Through the opposing figures of mother and daughter, Deborah Levy explores the strange and monstrous Nature pickof womanhood.