Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
Lucy reviews The Dictator’s Wife by Freya Berry (with a cheeky little bit of self-promotion too!)
Buy The Dictator’s Wife by Freya Berry: shorturl.at/lLNU4
More about The Liberation’s Child by Lucy Cruickshanks, which is out April 7th 2022 and available to pre-order now: amzn.to/3Igil5X
Set in a Britain of the near future, haunted by its past in which the traces of genocide lay just below the surface, two survivors, Thea and Dom, are on a journey to uncover the truth behind an illegal adoption ring and to find a missing baby. Their search for the truth puts both of their lives in danger and uncovers that new Free and Equal Britain is not just a memory.
As Dom and Thea’s paths collide, they unearth not only adoption crimes on an industrial scale, but links to fugitive FEB-era politicians that both Dom and Thea still have deeply personal reasons to resent ― and fear. Will Dom discover the truth about the child he hoped would rebuild his family? Will Thea find her daughter? Will the past continue to block their way?
Who on earth is Lucy, anyway?
My novels have been shortlisted for the Author’s Club Best First Novel Award and Guardian’s Not The Booker Prize, named a Top Ten Book of the Year by The Bookbag, and featured widely in the press. A great fan of the underdog, I’m drawn to people and places grappling with political instability, writing about societies at their most precarious and fraught with risk.
As well as roping my husband into chatting all things books on YouTube, you can find me on Twitter @LucyBookshanks and at https://lucycruickshanks.co.uk.
Thank you!
My other novels:
The Trader of Saigon amzn.to/337BKql
The Road to Rangoon amzn.to/34HyKBv
#thedictatorswife #booktube #bookrecommendations
Lucy reviews The Dictator’s Wife by Freya Berry (with a cheeky little bit of self-promotion too!)
Buy The Dictator’s Wife by Freya Berry: shorturl.at/lLNU4
More about The Liberation’s Child by Lucy Cruickshanks, which is out April 7th 2022 and available to pre-order now: amzn.to/3Igil5X
Set in a Britain of the near future, haunted by its past in which the traces of genocide lay just below the surface, two survivors, Thea and Dom, are on a journey to uncover the truth behind an illegal adoption ring and to find a missing baby. Their search for the truth puts both of their lives in danger and uncovers that new Free and Equal Britain is not just a memory.
As Dom and Thea’s paths collide, they unearth not only adoption crimes on an industrial scale, but links to fugitive FEB-era politicians that both Dom and Thea still have deeply personal reasons to resent ― and fear. Will Dom discover the truth about the child he hoped would rebuild his family? Will Thea find her daughter? Will the past continue to block their way?
Who on earth is Lucy, anyway?
My novels have been shortlisted for the Author’s Club Best First Novel Award and Guardian’s Not The Booker Prize, named a Top Ten Book of the Year by The Bookbag, and featured widely in the press. A great fan of the underdog, I’m drawn to people and places grappling with political instability, writing about societies at their most precarious and fraught with risk.
As well as roping my husband into chatting all things books on YouTube, you can find me on Twitter @LucyBookshanks and at https://lucycruickshanks.co.uk.
Thank you!
My other novels:
The Trader of Saigon amzn.to/337BKql
The Road to Rangoon amzn.to/34HyKBv
#thedictatorswife #booktube #bookrecommendations
