Wife
By (Author) Samuel Adamson
Faber & Faber
Faber & Faber
5th August 2019
6th June 2019
Main
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
822.92
Paperback
112
Width 125mm, Height 200mm, Spine 10mm
115g
And your husband forgave you. But what did you do Decided that forgiveness was offensive and walked out on your marriage. With nothing. Into nothing.
Into everything, I think.
It's 1959. Robert leaves Ibsen's A Doll's House outraged by its attack on the sanctity of marriage; his wife Daisy dashes round to the stage door, in love with both Nora and the actress who plays her, thrilled by their promise of escape.
Daisy is at the crossroads. Her moral compass tells her to go one way, society the other. What she chooses to do next will have consequences not just for her and Robert, but for four couples who come after them over ninety years.
The truth is we have to give up parts of ourselves if we want to be with someone. And what if, before you know this, you run away from the wrong person
Samuel Adamson is an Australian playwright and screenwriter who has lived and worked in the UK since 1991. He was born in Adelaide and lives in London.