Heida
A Shepherd at the Edge of the World
$25.71
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
10 March 2020
Summary
‘HEIDA IS A FORCE OF NATURE … EXACTLY THE RIGHT SORT OF MODERN ROLE MODEL’ SUNDAY TIMES
The inspiring story of Icelandic sheep farmer, former model and feminist heroine Heida Asgeirsdottir has become a double prize-winning international bestseller.
As heard on Radio 4’s Start the Week:
I’m not on my own because I’ve been sitting crying into a handkerchief or apron over a lack of interested men. I’ve been made every offer imaginable over the years. Men offer th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473696488 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1473696488 |
| Author: | Steinunn Sigurðardóttir |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 10 March 2020 |
| Weight: | 227g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 128mm x 196mm |
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Critics Review
Heida is a force of nature … she has about her an honesty that is never less than enchanting
I had the feeling while reading it that Heida was in MY kitchen, idly chatting to ME and that I was getting to know her really well, as a close friend … It was a privilege to be ‘talked to’ as a friend and allowed to share a fine farmer’s life for a few hours - Rosamund Young, author of THE SECRET LIVES OF COWS
Heida is a force of nature … she has about her an honesty that is never less than enchanting - Sunday TimesA rare portrait of a woman possessed of frontier courage and a sense of humour and humility … revelatory and inspiring - The HeraldA fierce account of what it means to hold the countryside in trust … [Heida is an] utterly charming personality … this is an inspiring story of resistance to a corporate Goliath, and [Heida] - with her forthright tone and irrepressible humour - makes a delightful David - Mail on SundaySharp and funny … this is an engrossing quick dispatch from an unusual life - The Riverside Way (The Riverside Bookshop blog)What a story … a real-life Bathsheba from Far From the Madding Crowd, but undistracted by the endless queue of male suitors … this frank, unusual book details a year in her life - Muddy StilettosAn engaging memoir … a beautifully written ode - CountrymanSteinunn Sigurðardóttir
Steinunn Siguroardottir is one of Iceland’s most highly acclaimed novelists and poets. Her first book The Thief of Time was an international bestseller and was made into a film starring Emmanuelle Beart. Three of her other novels - Place of the Heart, Yo-Yo and The Good Lover - have also been translated into English.
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