Castaway is a 1983 autobiographical book by Lucy Irvine about her year on the Australian tropical Torres Strait island of Tuin, having answered a want ad from writer Gerald Kingsland seeking a "wife" for a year in 1982.
In 1983, Lucy Irvine published her autobiography, "Castaway," detailing her solitary year spent on the Australian island of Tuin after answering a request from writer Gerald Kingsland to be his wife for a year in 1982.