The American writer, Valerie Martin, was a surprise winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2003 with ‘Property’ – her tale of the wife of a slave owner in the early Nineteenth Century . Now she has a new novel out - ‘Trespass’, described as an exploration of identity, betrayal, love and jealousy. Valerie Martin joins Jane to discuss her latest work.
'Trespass’ by Valerie Martin is published on September 6th by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, the ISBN is 978-0-297-84856-1