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Place of the Heart
Steinunn Sigurdardottir
Winner of the Icelandic Literature Prize. Single mother Harpa has always been a misfit. Her physical appearance is unique among Icelanders so small she self-deprecatingly refers to herself as a dwarf, so dark-skinned she doubts her genetic link to her father, so strange she nearly believed the children who mistook her for a mythical creature of the forest. Even as an adult, she struggles to make sense of her place in the world. So when she sees how her teenage daughter, Edda, has suffered since the death of her best friend, Harpa sees no choice but to tear her away from her dangerous social scene in the city. She enlists the help of
Norwegian
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | March 25, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9781477818220 |
| Publishers | Amazon Publishing |
| Pages | 438 |
| Dimensions | 142 × 209 × 29 mm · 534 g |
| Translator | Roughton, Philip |
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