寫文章也寫歌詞的索普，首部小說《李爾妻》問世即獲愛爾蘭馬凱維奇英語文學獎肯定！ 遭到背叛、陷入瘋狂的李爾王過世了，三位公主在戰爭中殞命，唯有十五年前被送到修道院的王后活了下來。收到噩耗的無名王后終能陳述她的故事，為自己的悲傷、憤怒尋找出口。她為了尋求寧靜，必須清算自己過去做出可怕的選擇；她和修道院的命運，都取決於此。 Word has come. Care-bent King Lear is dead, driven mad and betrayed. His three daughters too, broken in battle. But someone has survived: Lear's queen. Exiled to a nunnery years ago, written out of history, her name forgotten. Now she can tell her story. Though her grief and rage may threaten to crack the earth open, she knows she must seek answers. Why was she sent away in shame and disgrace? What has happened to Kent, her oldest friend and ally? And what will become of her now, in this place of women? To find peace she must reckon with her past and make a terrible choice - one upon which her destiny, and that of the entire abbey, rests. Giving unforgettable voice to a woman whose absence has been a tantalising mystery, Learwife is a breathtaking novel of loss, renewal and how history bleeds into the present.