Shortlisted for The Stella Prize 2014 and The Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2014

In northern Iceland, 1829, Agnes Magnusdottir is condemned to death for her part in the brutal murder of two men.

Agnes is sent to wait on the farm of District Officer Jon Jonsson and his family, who are horrified and avoid Agnes. Only Toti, the young assistant reverend appointed as Agnes's spiritual guardian, is compelled to try to understand her. As the summer months fall away to winter, Agnes's story begins to emerge. And as the days to her execution draw closer, the question burns: did she or didn't she?

Based on a true story, Burial Rites is a deeply moving novel about freedom and the ways we will risk everything for love. In beautiful, cut-glass prose, Hannah Kent portrays Iceland's formidable landscape, and asks: how can one woman endure when her life depends upon the stories told by others?

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It took me a while to finish this book. I started reading it in March 2018 but found it hard to read and so I went on to read other books instead. Finally got it off the shelf with the intention of finishing it and I did!

Because the story was similar to another one (which I saw on Netflix) the story didn’t capture my attention as much as it should. I do like the way the author describes the scenes - so realistic it makes you feel as if you’re there yourself.

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Caught today.

Hannah Kent writes with a kind of graceful maturity, a depth of emotion that befits the subject matter. This a story about a woman facing her imminent death, a woman with one final opportunity to speak her truth, and Kent captures the desperation, isolation and grief of Agnes with stunning clarity.
Although reading it was somewhat of an emotional roller coaster ride it was well worth the effort.

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Picked up at McDonalds, not really my genre so will keep it moving.

Popping in a book bag on it's way to Crimson-tide.

Removed from the book bag, thanks.