Seal Woman
by Solveig Eggerz
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Pub Date Feb 04 2014 | Archive Date Jan 15 2014
Description
Having answered a Berlin newspaper advertisement for “strong women who can cook and do farm work,” Sophie Charlotte finds herself married with two sons on an Icelandic sheep farm, trying to sever cords of memory that lead back to the powerful love she knew in Germany and all that she lost there. When World War II began, Charlotte was attached to a supremely talented but politically furious painter in Berlin. But she would lose him twice: first to the resistance and then to the camps. More wounding for Charlotte, however, is the unforgiving trace of their daughter, Lena, who at 5 years old tragically disappeared into the chaos of the War.
This is an extraordinarily beautiful saga that links sure-footed portraits of wartime Berlin and the severity of life in the Icelandic countryside. Moving and genuinely affirming, Seal Woman is a many-colored portrayal of a stong woman’s life broken in two stark and unforgiving worlds separated by the North Atlantic.
A Note From the Publisher
A novel about the indestructible connections forged through the experience of motherhood.
Seal Woman already has a following in bookclubs and has long been unavailable to them.
Unbridled is releasing this novel at a time when recognition of contemporary Icelandic fiction is on the rise.
Advance Praise
“I found this book almost impossible to put down. It moves seamlessly with a quiet kind of beauty; Charlotte’s secrets will haunt you for a long time.” — Robert Bausch
“In this fierce and poignant novel, Solveig Eggerz deftly transports her readers between Germany and Iceland as her heroine struggles to come to terms with her past and her present. … A beautiful and suspenseful debut.” — Margot Livesey
“A wonderfully written story about the triumph of love, strength, and art over crippling loss.” — Barbara Esstman
“Solveig Eggerz takes us to a littoral world where ancient legend touches everyday life as surely and constantly as the North Sea meets the coast of Iceland. Carrying the unwieldy grief and hope of a wartime past, the novel’s heroine finds her own rough grace, beauty, and possibility of transformation in the new land she chooses to inhabit. A moving and contemporary story rewoven ion a mythic pattern.” — Dan Yashinsky
Marketing Plan
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781609531058 |
| PRICE | $18.00 (USD) |
