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The Glass Woman

By: Caroline Lea
Narrated by: Heiða Reed, Smari Gunn
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1686, Iceland. An isolated, windswept land haunted by witch trials and steeped in the ancient sagas.

Betrothed unexpectedly to Jón Eiríksson, Rósa is sent to join her new husband in the remote village of Stykkishólmur. Here, the villagers are wary of outsiders.

But Rósa harbours her own suspicions. Her husband buried his first wife alone in the dead of night. He will not talk of it. Instead he gives her a small glass figurine. She does not know what it signifies.

The villagers mistrust them both. Dark threats are whispered. There is an evil here - Rósa can feel it. Is it her husband, the villagers - or the land itself?

Alone and far from home, Rósa sees the darkness coming. She fears she will be its next victim...

©2019 Caroline Lea (P)2019 Penguin Audio Fantasy Marriage Fiction Village Heartfelt

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This was an intriguing story all through and beautifully told. I thoroughly enjoyed it and was captivated until the last word!!

Fantastic Tale

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Loved this book and the narrators brought it to life .felt all the cold

Wonderfull story

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Would definitely recommend . Real depth of characterisation. Kept wanting to know more about each one. Demonstrated well the complexity and layers that form individual choices and experience

Loved this book

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Can’t really describe what it’s like listening to this book, but it is a bitter adventure. Its excellent written. Heida & Smari narrate beautifully.

A bleak and beautiful book

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A haunting story of love, family, suspicion & hardship, all set in the omnipresence that is the landscape of Iceland. It's a story that keeps unfolding and folding in on itself, a marked comment on the life of women in that time and the things we had too, and were expected to, endure. I was pulled in by the intellect that shines out through Rosa, that and compassion carried the story all the way to the end. And through to the end it never disappointed, just beautiful.

It's a perfect story, in a totally imperfect way. I loved it. I'll be waiting for Caroline Lea's next work.

Beautiful, a future star in the literary sky

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