SYNOPSIS

In “Katherine’s Wish,” author Linda Lappin delves into the final years of renowned New Zealand writer Katherine Mansfield, offering a fictionalized account of her life and the events leading up to her encounter with P.D. Ouspensky and G.I. Gurdjieff.

Lappin meticulously researches Mansfield’s world, crafting a vivid and evocative narrative that transports readers back in time. Drawing from Mansfield’s own journals, letters, and diaries, Lappin weaves together a mosaic of themes and motifs, mirroring Mansfield’s unique writing style.

The novel has garnered praise from Mansfield scholars for its blend of creative storytelling and scholarly accuracy.
Set against a backdrop of Mansfield’s nomadic lifestyle, which takes her from London to the South of France, Italy, Switzerland, and eventually Fontainebleau, searching a cure for her tuberculosis, Lappin explores Mansfield’s relationships with Ida Baker, her companion, and John Middleton Murry, her husband, as well as with writers and intimate friends, Virginia Woolf and D.H. Lawrence.
Incorporating modernist techniques employed by Mansfield and Virginia Woolf, the novel grapples with tragic elements while ultimately celebrating Mansfield’s profound love of life. It conveys a powerful message of joy and fulfillment in the face of adversity.

“Katherine’s Wish” has garnered recognition and acclaim, including being a finalist for the ForeWord Book of the Year Award in fiction and winning the IPPY Gold medal in historical fiction.
It has also received honorable mentions from the Hoffer Awards, the Paris Book Festival, and the Next Generation Indie Awards.

“Katherine’s Wish is first and foremost the compelling story of an artist fighting against time. Long after the last page, thoughts of her linger like an exotic scent, as if, anticipating other guests, she simply stepped from the room to display a vase of flowers or a platter’s mounded figs. –Joyce J. Townsend, Rain Taxi

“The more Katherine Mansfield approaches death, the more she comes to life in Linda Lappin’s Katherine’s Wish. Lappin’s achievement is to succeed where medicine failed and, through her words, give Katherine Mansfield ongoing life. ” –Walter Cummins, The Literary Review

A radio play adapted from the book dealing with Mansfield’s friendship with Virginia Woolf
is available on all podcast platforms

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