Professor Barbara Boswell: The Comrade's Wife

The Comrade’s Wife follows a turbulent marriage between a rising politician and an academic, told through her life and lens.

The novel features a whirlwind romance between a charming rapscallion and a maiden fair who has been wronged in her past.  With deliciously crafted sentences, Boswell's prose is thought-provoking and emotionally impactful.  

Anita is not only a victim of workplace injustice and discrimination due to race and gender, but has her own unfortunate experience with gender-based violence, as well. There are those who would say that it sounds contrived that so much can go so wrong for one person but this is a reality that many women face.

We sat with Barbara Boswell to talk about this novel.