A Wife There Was Gecertificeerd

‘Alison,’ says her father, ‘will be brought up as a boy.’But this unwanted daughter is her own person.A rebellious child, then a feisty woman.challenging all male authority,scorning the church’s ideals of virginity and chastity,embracing avidly the forbidden pleasures of sexuality.Many husbands come her way – some by chance, some by choice.So too does love – at its best, at its worst.Born into a turbulent ageof never-ending war, relentless bubonic plague,political unrest and fierce heresy-hunting,Alison is very much a 14th century woman.And yet…her resilience and survival are timelessHer life is haunted by conflictbetween robust carnalityand a yearning for the serenity of spiritualitythat she never finds. The years bring bleak inner journeys darkened bysorrow and loss and buried secrets.And yet, and yet…come what may, Alison’s abounding joyis a light that never dims for long.