1627 - Turkish pirates raid Iceland's shore seizing 400 people to be auctioned as slaves. So begins an immersive novel, rich in folk lore and history as we follow the fate of Asta, her children and her much older husband, a pastor who is sent on a mission to raise a ransom. Asta meanswhile is absorbed into her new life and forges a strange relationship with the man who bought her. Once set free she faces a new kind of exile as she returns to the now unfamiliar world of home.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 101 Spring 2021 ) |
