‘Gulliver’s Wife’ by Lauren Chater

A beautifully written novel that is based on one single imaginary starting point- what was life like for the the wife of the eponymous hero of Swift’s ‘Gulliver’s Travels’? Although Gulliver was fictional, Lauren Chater’s book is firmly grounded in her research of the reality of day today existence for women in this period- and particularly the extraordinary niche occupied by midwives.

Lauren Chater Interview

Lauren Chater is in the Narratives Library. To hear her read from the book click here. (Scroll down to ‘C’ on the page)

Next week , a truly inspiring story and really useful reference book – Nichola Hamilton’s ‘Living with Crohn’s Disease’