“Megan Giddings’ Lakewood is a gripping thriller of ideas in the tradition of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go, depicting a terrifying world of public complicity and government-sponsored malpractice. Giddings asks: What happens when our want to be useful is weaponized against us, when the only way we see to help others is to invite harm upon ourselves?4/5(). · lakewood by Megan Giddings ‧ RELEASE DATE: Ma A first-time novelist offers medical horror with a political edge. "Megan Giddings' Lakewood is a gripping thriller of ideas in the tradition of Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, depicting a terrifying world of public complicity and government-sponsored malpractice. Giddings asks: What happens when our want to be useful is weaponized against us, when the only way we see to help others is to invite harm upon ourselves?
by Megan Giddings ‧ RELEASE DATE: Ma. A first-time novelist offers medical horror with a political edge. Lena Johnson's grandmother has just died, leaving behind a staggering amount of debt. Lena's mother is debilitated by an illness—or collection of illnesses—no one can diagnose or cure. I was initially unsure if Megan Giddings' Lakewood had taken me all of the way there. Having finished it at a breakneck page-turning speed late last night, and woken up with a tense jaw and stress headache, I can confirm that this book delivered on it's promise. Megan Giddings' debut novel Lakewood is reminiscent of Jordan Peele's terrifying film Get Out. Essence. A first-time novelist offers medical horror with a political edge. Lena Johnson's grandmother has just died, leaving behind a staggering amount of debt. Lena's mother is debilitated by an illness—or collection of illnesses.
The following is an excerpt from Megan Gidding's debut novel, Lakewood, an unflinching look at the moral dilemmas many working-class families face, and the horror that has been forced on black bodies in the name of science. "Megan Giddings' Lakewood is a gripping thriller of ideas in the tradition of Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, depicting a terrifying world of public complicity and government-sponsored malpractice. Giddings asks: What happens when our want to be useful is weaponized against us, when the only way we see to help others is to invite harm upon ourselves?. Megan Giddings’ Lakewood is a gripping thriller of ideas in the tradition of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go, depicting a terrifying world of public complicity and government-sponsored malpractice. Giddings asks: What happens when our want to be useful is weaponized against us, when the only way we see to help others is to invite harm upon ourselves?.
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