Iceland 1686. It makes me wonder why people stay, try to live on in a place that is so formidable. Where people starve or die from such cold. I found this to be a very bleak story. Since it was so well written, I pushed on, looking for hope within the story for these characters, but it's slim. People survive, life continues. At this time and in this area people know Christianity but still have legends, old ways, in their makeup. In a small town there is much gossip, a way of passing time, and these people are very suspicious of others. Unsure of their own safety. I thought the cover of this book was stunning.
Quotes
A woman made of glass and stillness: perfect but easily shattered.
And yet when a stone is caught in a rushing river, what choice does it have but to move?
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