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''Castaway'', published 1984 , is book written by Lucy Irvine about her experiences of staying for a year with writer Gerald Kingsland on the isolated island of Tuin , between New Guinea and Australia . It is also the name of the Film Adaptation of the book made by Nicolas Roeg in 1986 , starring Amanda Donohoe and Oliver Reed . In 1981 Irvine responded to a "Writer seeks 'wife' for year on tropical island" Advertisement placed by Kingsland in the London magazine '' Time Out ''. Chosen by Kingsland from over fifty applicants, she agreed to marry him in order to satisfy Australian Immigration restrictions before they travelled to Tuin. She was twenty-five and Kingsland forty-nine. After a year on the island she returned to England and wrote her memoirs. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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