Seal Woman by Eggerz, Solveig

Seal Woman (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781609531058)

Vendor: Solveig Eggerz
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Format: Paperback
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Seal Woman by Eggerz, Solveig

Seal Woman

$18.00
Seal Woman by Eggerz, Solveig

Seal Woman

$18.00
Format: Paperback
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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 five 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 strong woman's life broken in two stark and unforgiving worlds separated by the North Atlantic.

Author: Solveig Eggerz
ISBN-10: 1609531051
ISBN-13: 9781609531058
Publisher: Unbridled Books
Language: English
Published: 02/06/2014
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d
By Solveig Eggerz
By Solveig Eggerz
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A native of Iceland, Solveig Eggerz spent her early childhood there, but then her family also lived in Germany, England and the U.S. She has a Ph.D. in medieval English, German, and Scandinavian comparative literature from Catholic University. An accomplished writer, she has worked as a journalist and as a professor of writing and research, and she currently teaches creative writing in the D.C. area.

Solveig has a family history of writing and storytelling: "I've carried the stories my forefathers told in my heart all my life. My great-great grandfather, Friik Eggerz, a farmer and a protestant minister, wrote his autobiography when he was in his eighties, a book that documented 19th century Icelandic regional history; my grandfather, Sigurr Eggerz, twice prime minister, wrote plays and essays. My father, P騁ur Eggerz, a foreign service officer, was a best-selling author in Iceland and wrote fiction and nonfiction until the day he died at age 80."

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