I read this March 2017 it was a Lawshall Book Club choice.
Quite funny to read such two similar books (His Bloody Project) picked out of the Blue for book club.
This one is set in Northern Iceland, I found the landscape, lifestyle and overly so very bleak to read about. The story: Agens Magnusdottir is condemned to death for her part in the brutal murder of her lover/employer (a bully) . Agnes has to wait out her final months on a farm of district officer Jon Jonsson, his wife and their 2 daughters. Agnes had been treated like an animal in captivity and the move to the farm at least means she has a bed to sleep in , can wash and help with the farm duties. She has a spiritual counselor Toti, and assistant priest, who she tells some of her story to. The mother , Margret is initially against have a convicted murder in the home, but eventually warms to Agnes. Agnes cannot even attempt to escape, a there is nowhere to go. Set in 1840, this is based on actual events.
A good read, bleak but enjoyable
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