The body lies / Jo Baker.
"A dark, thrilling new novel from the best-selling author of Longbourn: a work of riveting psychological suspense that grapples with how to live as a woman in the world--or in the pages of a book--when the stakes are dangerously high. When a young writer accepts a job at a university in the remote English countryside, it's meant to be a fresh start, away from the bustle of London and the scene of a violent assault she is desperate to forget. But despite the distractions of her new life and the demands of single motherhood, her nerves continue to jangle. To make matters worse, during class a vicious debate about violence against women inflames the tensions and mounting rivalries in her creative writing group. When a troubled student starts turning in chapters that blur the lines between fiction and reality, the professor recognizes herself as the main character in his book--and he has written her a horrific fate. Will she be able to stop life imitating art before it's too late? At once a breathless cat-and-mouse game and a layered interrogation of the fetishization of the female body, The Body Lies gives us an essential story for our time that will have you checking the locks on your doors"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780525656111
- ISBN: 0525656111
- Physical Description: 273 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2019.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "This is a Borzoi book." |
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Subject: | Women > Crimes against > Fiction. Authors > Fiction. College students > Fiction. England > Fiction. |
Genre: | Psychological fiction. Suspense fiction. |
Available copies
- 28 of 28 copies available at Sitka.
- 21 of 21 copies available at BC Public Libraries. (Show)
- 0 of 0 copies available at Kootenay Library Federation.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Fernie Heritage Library. (Show preferred library)
Holds
- 1 current hold with 0 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Invermere Public Library | FIC BAK (Text) | IPL056521 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Kitimat Public Library | Bak (Text) | 32665002194522 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Main Branch - Border Regional Library | F BAKER (Text) | 36830003140785 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
McAuley Branch - Border Regional Library | F Bak-M (Text) | 36830003122403 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Nakusp Public Library | FIC BAK (Text) | 35160000766304 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Nelson Public Library | F BAK (Text) | 3514830031181 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Prince Rupert Library | Bake (Text) | 33294002056786 | Adult Fiction - Second Floor | Volume hold | Available | - |
Russell Library | AF BAK (Text) | 36730000076273 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Salt Spring Island Public Library | FIC BAK (Text) | 33123009668410 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Saturna Island Library | M BAK (Text)
Format: Softcover book |
31303000103441 | Mystery | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
"A dark, thrilling new novel from the best-selling author of Longbourn: a work of riveting psychological suspense that grapples with how to live as a woman in the world--or in the pages of a book--when the stakes are dangerously high. When a young writer accepts a job at a university in the remote English countryside, it's meant to be a fresh start, away from the bustle of London and the scene of a violent assault she is desperate to forget. But despite the distractions of her new life and the demands of single motherhood, her nerves continue to jangle. To make matters worse, during class a vicious debate about violence against women inflames the tensions and mounting rivalries in her creative writing group. When a troubled student starts turning in chapters that blur the lines between fiction and reality, the professor recognizes herself as the main character in his book--and he has written her a horrific fate. Will she be able to stop life imitating art before it's too late? At once a breathless cat-and-mouse game and a layered interrogation of the fetishization of the female body, The Body Lies gives us an essential story for our time that will have you checking the locks on your doors"-- - Baker & Taylor
Moving to an English countryside university after witnessing an assault in London, a young writer supervises an escalating debate about violence against women before one of her male students writes a novel about her horrific murder. - Random House, Inc.
A dark, thrilling new novel from the best-selling author of Longbourn: a work of riveting psychological suspense that grapples with how to live as a woman in the world--or in the pages of a book--when the stakes are dangerously high.
When a young writer accepts a job at a university in the remote English countryside, it's meant to be a fresh start, away from the bustle of London and the scene of a violent assault she is desperate to forget. But despite the distractions of her new life and the demands of single motherhood, her nerves continue to jangle. To make matters worse, a vicious debate about violence against women inflames the tensions and mounting rivalries in her creative-writing class. When a troubled student starts turning in chapters that blur the lines between fiction and reality, the professor recognizes herself as the main character in his book--and he has written her a horrific fate. Will she be able to stop life imitating art before it's too late? At once a breathless cat-and-mouse game and a layered interrogation of the fetishization of the female body, The Body Lies gives us an essential story for our time that will have you checking the locks on your doors.