'London, 1702. When her husband is lost at sea, Mary Burton Gulliver, midwife and herbalist, is forced to rebuild her life without him. But three years later when Lemuel Gulliver is brought home, fevered and communicating only in riddles, her ordered world is turned upside down.
'In a climate of desperate poverty and violence, Mary is caught in a crossfire of suspicion and fear driven by her husband’s outlandish claims, and it is up to her to navigate a passage to safety for herself and her daughter, and the vulnerable women in her care.
'When a fellow sailor, a dangerous man with nothing to lose, appears to hold sway over her husband, Mary’s world descends deeper into chaos, and she must set out on her own journey to discover the truth of Gulliver’s travels . . . and the landscape of her own heart.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Live Recording : Lauren Chater on Gulliver’s Wife
Marie Matteson
(interviewer),
2020
23472975
2020
single work
podcast
interview
'Lauren Chater chats with Readings bookseller Marie Matteson about her enthralling work of historical fiction, Gulliver’s Wife. This is a live recording of an online event hosted via Zoom during the Covid-19 crisis.' (Production summary)
Live Recording : Lauren Chater on Gulliver’s Wife
Marie Matteson
(interviewer),
2020
23472975
2020
single work
podcast
interview
'Lauren Chater chats with Readings bookseller Marie Matteson about her enthralling work of historical fiction, Gulliver’s Wife. This is a live recording of an online event hosted via Zoom during the Covid-19 crisis.' (Production summary)
