THE HOTTEST NEW BOOK FROM ICELAND IS Woman AT 1,000 Degrees .
Each part of Herra\'s story is a poignant piece of a puzzle that comes together in the final pages of this remarkable, unpredictable, and enthralling novel..
Now, as she awaits death in a garage in Reykjav k, she shows us a Woman unbowed by the forces of history.
She has experienced luck and betrayal and upheaval and pain, and--with a bawdy, uncompromising spirit--she has survived it all.
She wed and lost husbands, had children, fled a war, kissed a Beatle, weathered the Icelandic financial crash, and mastered the Internet.
From Herra\'s childhood in the remote islands of Iceland, where she was born the granddaughter of Iceland\'s first president, to teen years spent living by her wits alone in war-torn Europe while her father fought on the side of the Nazis, to love affairs on several continents, Herra Bj rnsson moved Zelig-like through the major events and locales of the twentieth century.
In the internationally bestselling and award-winning Woman at 1,000 Degrees , which has been published in fourteen languages, noted Icelandic novelist Hallgr mur Helgason has created a true literary original.
And what a life this remarkable eighty-year-old narrator has led.
But until then she has her cigarettes, a World War II-era weapon, some Facebook friends, and her memories to sustain her.
Oh, she has two weeks left, maybe three--she has booked her cremation appointment, at a crispy 1,000 degrees, so it won\'t be long.
Herra Bj rnsson is at the beginning of the end of her life.
It\'s pretty cozy. --Bethanne Patrick, The Washington Post I live here alone in a garage, together with a laptop computer and an old hand grenade.
What a story it is, one worth reading to further understand the complexity of World War II--and to enjoy the quick wit of a Woman you won\'t forget. . .
THE HOTTEST NEW BOOK FROM ICELAND IS Woman AT 1,000 Degrees
