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Gulliver's Wife

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Jilly Bond

12 Hours 39 Minutes

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April 2020

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From the bestselling author of The Lace Weaver
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 suspicion, poverty and violence, Mary is caught in a crossfire of superstition and fear driven by her husband's outlandish claims of the wonders he has seen, and it is up to her to navigate a passage to safety for herself and her daughter, and the vulnerable women in her care.
But 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.
“Gulliver's Wife is utterly spellbinding. Lauren Chater is a master of story-weaving and exquisite detail. I adored this book.” MELISSA ASHLEY, bestselling author of The Birdman's Wife.

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  • Marina A.

    Really liked the premise of the book and the themes covered, particularly the exploration of the power of women in a male dominated society. I thought the plot lost it’s way a little and couldn’t warm to any of the characters apart from Mary. I personally wish narrators wouldn’t act out voices. I prefer to hear them in my imagination as I do when reading. The make voices in this were particularly off-putting!

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  • Emma M.

    Story sounded promising. 1/3 in I was still waiting for something to happen. The daughter’s character was intensely unlikable and ultimately I didn’t care enough to keep listening.

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