One Autumn day in 1985, sixteen-year-old Mary Veal vanishes from her Massachusetts prep school. A few weeks later she reappears unharmed and with little memory of what happened to her--or at least little that she is willing to share. Was Mary abducted, or did she fake her disappearance? This question haunts Mary's family, her psychologist, even Mary herself. Weaving together three narratives, The Uses of Enchantment conjures a spell in which the hallucinatory power of a young woman’s sexuality, and her desire to wield it, has devastating consequences for all involved.
- ISBN10 0385513232
- ISBN13 9780385513234
- Publish Date 24 November 2006 (first published 17 October 2006)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Doubleday Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 356
- Language English