Recent Reads: Heida by Steinunn Sigur冒ard贸ttir
Heida is a farmer in Iceland, in the highlands. She is a former model, and lives with her mother on the farm.
It's a really interesting account of her life, giving you insight to what it really must be like to live up there, have 500 sheep with the lambing, shearing, scanning for pregnancies, and herding them in for the winter. All whilst living next to a volcano.
This reads as a mix between diary, flow of consciousness and interview. There doesn't always seem to be a link between paragraphs, but it is a really interesting account of Heida trying to keep a hydro-electric dam from taking some of her land, and how she had to balance her farm with going in to politics.
I did enjoy Heida, it's an enjoyable adventure to a completely different life, and one that I feel is very apt for January as Heida's life is so matter of fact and without unnecessary waste, which is what we often want in January!
It's a really interesting account of her life, giving you insight to what it really must be like to live up there, have 500 sheep with the lambing, shearing, scanning for pregnancies, and herding them in for the winter. All whilst living next to a volcano.
This reads as a mix between diary, flow of consciousness and interview. There doesn't always seem to be a link between paragraphs, but it is a really interesting account of Heida trying to keep a hydro-electric dam from taking some of her land, and how she had to balance her farm with going in to politics.
I did enjoy Heida, it's an enjoyable adventure to a completely different life, and one that I feel is very apt for January as Heida's life is so matter of fact and without unnecessary waste, which is what we often want in January!
Heida was published on 18th April 2019, and is available to buy on Amazon and on Waterstones. I've found a link to where you can search for local bookshops, including independent!
You can follow Steinunn Sigur冒ard贸ttir on Facebook, or through her website.
If you're interested in other stories of women's lives, then here's some others I've reviewed:
Three Women by Lisa Taddeo 馃専馃専馃専馃専
The Art of Love: The Romantic and Explosive Stories Behind Art's Greatest Couples by Kate Bryan and illustrations by Asli Yazan 馃専馃専馃専馃専
Furious Hours; Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep 馃専馃専馃専馃専馃専
I was given this book for free in return for an unbiased review, so my thanks to NetGalley and to John Murray Press (the publishers) for this book.
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