HENRY
About this audiobook
'Wray is an unsparing observer of the human hear, and a writer to watch' Susan Choi, Women's Prize and Booker Prize shortlisted author of Flashlight
What does it mean to love – and leave – a Henry?
Before he dies, Henry has been many things: husband, lover, father, builder, destroyer, obsession.
But this is not his story.
It is the story of Lina, who builds her life around devotion and duty, blind to its cost.
Anne, a headstrong ballerina who mistakes desire for destiny.
Hannah, a pragmatic reality TV producer who can shape anyone's story but her own.
Katy, youthful, vibrant, determined for notoriety.
Jane, sweet, meek, unknowable Jane, keeper of secrets.
And Parker, the woman whose fate is Henry’s final act.
One iconic man.Six women as you’ve never seen them before.
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About the author
Caroline Wray has taught creative writing as a junior lecturer at Johns Hopkins and was formerly an editorial assistant at Henry Holt and Crown. She began her research into the wives of Henry VIII a decade ago, with that material taking shape into these characters about four years ago. She grew up in Atlanta and received her BA in English from Yale and her fiction MFA from Johns Hopkins, where she won the Benjamin Sankey fellowship. Her short fiction has appeared in Gulf Coast, and she is also at work on her second book, centred around the concept of the muse.
