Katherine's Wish — Linda Lappin

In this dramatic, fictional retelling of New Zealand writer Katherine Mansfield's final years, and of the events which led up to her meeting with P.D. Ouspensky and G. I Gurdjieff, novelist Linda Lappin transports the reader like a time traveler into Mansfield's intimate world. Scrupulously researched and richly evocative, the novel has been praised by Mansfield scholars as "creative scholarship." With vivid detail and beautiful language and style, Lappin has built on journals, letters, and diaries to fashion a true-to-life mosaic, using themes, motifs, and methods of Mansfield's own writing. Katherine's Wish celebrates Mansfield's deep love of life and its final message is a life-affirming one of joy and of wholeness achieved. Finalist, ForeWord Book of the Year Award in fiction, IPPY Gold medal in historical fiction, honorable mention Hoffer Awards, honorable mention Paris Book Festival, finalist Next Generation Indie Awards
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