Girl in a Blue Dress
Written by Gaynor Arnold
- Longlisted
- The Man Booker Prize 2008
- Published by Tindal Street Press
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In Gaynor Arnold’s historical fiction, when a celebrated author’s wife of 20 years is excluded from his funeral she re-examines their life together
The famous author Alfred Gibson’s funeral has taken place at Westminster Abbey, and Dorothea, his wife of 20 years, has not been invited. His will favours his children and a clandestine mistress over his estranged wife. Dorothea is left only with the comforts of her feisty youngest daughter Kitty, whose attempt to demonise her father challenges Dorothea’s memories. Dorothea begins to examine her life more closely, and uncovers the frighteningly hypnotic power of the man she married.
Gaynor Arnold
Gaynor Arnold’s first love was acting and she helped propel Christopher Hampton’s rise to stage fame when she played the lead in his first play, When Did You Last See My Mother?
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