Heida
A Shepherd at the Edge of the World
$28.57
- 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: | 196mm x 128mm x 20mm |
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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 - CountrymanAbout The Author
Steinunn 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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