She was meant to be a wife, a doll, a sweet song sung for someone else's story. But Dora Copperfield is ready to write her own.
In this lyrical and quietly defiant retelling of David Copperfield, Kit Indigo brings the overlooked "child-wife" Dora Spenlow into full bloom. Reimagined as a complex, yearning, and ultimately self-possessed woman, Dora's story begins in a parlor of lace and pink ribbon-and ends with a love that defies every expectation.
After surviving childbirth and discovering unexpected strength in motherhood, Dora begins to question the life she was handed. Her marriage to David grows colder, her spirit restless. But in the quiet corners of domestic life, she finds warmth and understanding in another woman's presence-an intimacy that blossoms into something deeper.
Set in a richly adorned Victorian world of florals and fa ade, David Copperfield's Wife: A Quiet Bloom is a coming-of-age story, a love story, and a reclamation. It is about breaking the script, finding your voice, and loving bravely in a world that would prefer you silent.