Cautery
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About this book

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 imagined) who share a final vision of true happiness – burning it all down and beginning again.

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Table of contents

  1. Cautery
  2. 1. PLAÇA DE LES GLÒRIES (BEFORE)
  3. I. DEBORAH UNDERGROUND
  4. 2. CALLE DEL CALVARIO (NOW)
  5. II. DEBORAH & THE GREY TURTLE DOVE
  6. 3. PASEO DE LA CASTELLANA, 11 (NOW)
  7. III. DEBORAH & THE CAUTERY
  8. 4. CARRER DE L’ALMIRALL BARCELÓ (BEFORE)
  9. IV. DEBORAH & THE MERCURY
  10. 5. CALLE HERMOSILLA (NOW)
  11. V. DEBORAH & THE FEVER
  12. 6. PLAÇA DE JAUME SABARTÉS (BEFORE)
  13. VI. DEBORAH & THE BLACK MARBLE
  14. 7. CARRER NOU DE SANT CUGAT (BEFORE)
  15. VII. DEBORAH & THE WATER
  16. 8. CARRER DELS VALERO (BEFORE)
  17. VIII. DEBORAH & THE GLASS HOUSE
  18. 9. PLAÇA DE JAUME SABARTÉS (BEFORE)
  19. IX. DEBORAH & SALEM
  20. 10. CARRER DEL CARME (BEFORE)
  21. X. DEBORAH & ANNE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
  22. 11. TURÓ DE MONTEROLS (NOW)
  23. XI. DEBORAH, ANNE & THE WOMEN
  24. 12. PLAÇA DE JAUME SABARTÉS (BEFORE)
  25. XII. DEBORAH & THE THEREAFTER
  26. 13. CARRER DE SANTA TERESA (BEFORE)
  27. XIII. DEBORAH & THE GOLDEN ROOM
  28. 14. CARRER DEL JUDICI (BEFORE)
  29. XIV. DEBORAH & THE RIVER METAPHOR
  30. 15. PASEO DE LA CASTELLANA, 11 (NOW)
  31. XV. DEBORAH & MR COTTON
  32. 16. CARRER DE VERDI (BEFORE)
  33. XVI. DEBORAH & LOVE
  34. 17. PASSEIG DE L’EXPOSICIÓ (BEFORE)
  35. XVII. DEBORAH, MARGARET & THE WATER
  36. 18. PLAÇA DE LA VIRREINA (BEFORE)
  37. XVIII. DEBORAH & SUSANNA
  38. 19. PASEO DE LA CASTELLANA, 11 (NOW)
  39. XIX. DEBORAH, SUSANNA & THE TREES
  40. 20. PASEO DE LA CASTELLANA, 11 (NOW)
  41. XX. DEBORAH: AN ANIMAL FREEZES & THEN FLEES
  42. 21. CARRER DE PUIG D’OSSA (NOW)
  43. XXI. DEBORAH, THE CROSS & THE SQUARE
  44. EPILOGUE: DEBORAH ON PUIG D’OSSA STREET
  45. AUTHOR’S NOTE
  46. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  47. TRANSLATOR’S NOTE