Caroline Lea
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Rósa has always dreamed of living a simple life alongside her Mamma in their remote village in Iceland, where she prays to the Christian God aloud during the day, whispering enchantments to the old gods alone at night. But after her father dies abruptly and her Mamma becomes ill, Rósa marries herself off to a visiting trader in exchange for a dowry, despite rumors of mysterious circumstances surrounding his first wife's death.
Rósa follows her...
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El paisaje inhóspito y desfigurado por la lava puede tragarse a un hombre sin que los volcanes exhalen un solo suspiro.
Islandia, 1686. Tras su inesperado compromiso matrimonial con Jon Eriksson, Rosa abandona su hogar para instalarse en la remota e inhóspita aldea de Stykkisholmur. Pero sus nuevos vecinos desconfían de los forasteros. Sobre todo, de una mujer que, como ella, procede de los misteriosos umbrales de la civilización.
Pero Rosa también...
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During World War II, on a remote Scottish Coast, Dorothy, while caring for sick and wounded Italian soldiers, is drawn to Cesare, a young man broken by the horrors of battle, until the tensions between the islanders and outsiders deepen, testing their loyalty and desire.
4) Prize Women
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Read by TBA. The critically acclaimed author of The Glass Woman and The Metal Heart reimagines the shocking story of one of the most controversial contests in history, the Great Stork Derby, in which a wealthy millionaire's death spawns a furious competition for his inheritance. Toronto, 1926. Knowing that he will die without an heir, childless millionaire Charles Millar leaves behind a controversial will: the recipient of his fortune will be decided...