Glass Woman

Shortlisted for the Historical Writers Association Debut Crown AwardIn the tradition ofJane EyreandRebeccaThe Glass Womanby Caroline Lea in whicha young woman follows her new husband to his remote home on the Icelandic coast in the 1680s, where she faces dark secrets surrounding the death of his first wife amidst a foreboding landscape and the superstitions of the local villagers.Gripped me in a cold fist. Beautiful. Sara Collins, author of The Confessions of Frannie LangtonAn Icelandic Jane Eyre. Sunday Times, LondonRsa has always dreamed of living a simple life alongside her Mamma in their remote village in Iceland, where she prays to the Christian God aloud during the day, whispering enchantments to the old gods alone at night. But after her father dies abruptly and her Mamma becomes ill, Rsa marries herself off to a visiting trader in exchange for a dowry, despite rumors of mysterious circumstances surrounding his first wifes death.Rsa follows her new husband, Jn, across the treacherous countryside to his remote home near the sea. There Jn works the field during the day, expecting Rsa to maintain their house in his absence with the deference of a good Christian wife. What Rsa did not anticipate was the fierce loneliness she would feel in her new home, where Jn forbids her from interacting with the locals in the nearby settlement and barely speaks to her himself. Seclusion from the outside world isnt the only troubling aspect of her new lifeRsa is also forbidden from going into Jns attic. When Rsa begins to hear strange noises from upstairs, she turns to the local woman in an attempt to find solace. But the villagers words are even more troublingconfirming many of the rumors about Jns first wife, Anna, including that he buried her body alone in the middle of the night.Rsas isolation begins to play tricks on her mind: Whator whois in the attic? What happened to Anna? Was she mad, a witch, or just a victim of Jns ruthless nature? And when Jn is brutally maimed in an accident a series of events are set in motion that will force Rsa to choose between obedience and defiancewith her own survival and the safety of the ones she loves hanging in the balance.