The Stories We Carry: The Sealwoman’s Gift by Sally Magnusson
S7 E2: The Stories We Carry: The Sealwoman’s Gift by Sally Magnusson
In 1627, hundreds of Icelanders were taken from their homes and carried across the sea into slavery in Algiers. Among them were a Lutheran minister, his wife Ásta, and their children.
In The Sealwoman’s Gift, Sally Magnusson enters one of the silences left behind by history. While the captivity of Reverend Ólafur Egilsson was recorded, far less is known about what his wife experienced. Through imagination grounded in historical events, Magnusson gives Ásta a voice—and places the stories of women, mothers, and captives at the…
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