I’m very excited to tell fellow trailing spouses about my new novel The Light That Bends Round Corners, which tells the story of the interweaving lives of a British expat woman, Laura, and Mariel, her Filipina maid. The book is both a humorous account of expat life — a kind of 21st century version of “The Durrells” (the TV adaptation of Gerald Durrell’s Corfu Trilogy) — while also exploring more serious themes such as abuse, mental health, and migration.
It’s ultimately a story about love, belonging, and discovery.