In 1880s Glasgow, a woman is brought back from the dead. Her creator claims it’s for science. Her admirer swears it’s for love. But Bella Baxter has ideas of her own.
Stitched together by the eccentric Dr. Godwin Baxter, Bella is reborn into a world that wants to define her. A medical student falls under her spell. A parade of suitors follows. But as Bella navigates casinos, brothels, and polite society, she learns that everyone wants something from her.
Part gothic satire, part feminist fever dream, Poor Things reimagines Frankenstein with barbed wit and bold sensuality.
Winner of the Whitbread Award and now an Oscar-winning film, this riotous novel skewers patriarchy, propriety, and the twisted science of desire.
