Euphoria
by Lily King
2014/ 258 pages
Rating: 9 / general fiction
Fictionalized story of the relationship between Margaret Mead, Reo Fortune and Gregory Bateson in 1933, Sepik New Guinea.Starring Nell Stone as Margaret Mead – heh – And Schuyler Fenwick (Fen) as Reo Fortune, Nell’s husband, a New Zealand social anthropologist , as Mead’s second husband and field co-researcher. Andrew Bankson plays the part of Gregory Bateson, anthropology scholar and eventually Mead’s 3rd husband. There’s also Betty Sumner – 2nd wife – is this the Bette in the novel? And Ruth Benedict, a later romantic interest for Margaret, played by Helen in a brief flashback.
The three field researchers are studying the tribes of the Sepik Basin of New Guinea but the names of the tribes have also been changed for the novel. – >>>>MORE>>>>
