sarah reviewed Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
grim! but also sympathetic
4 stars
up and down with this one, but pretty good overall.
audio cd, 10 pages
Published Sept. 10, 2013 by Little, Brown & Company.
4 stars
(1 review)
Set against Iceland's stark landscape, Hannah Kent brings to vivid life the story of Agnes, who, charged with the brutal murder of her former master, is sent to an isolated farm to await execution.
Horrified at the prospect of housing a convicted murderer, the family at first avoids Agnes. Only Tóti, a priest Agnes has mysteriously chosen to be her spiritual guardian, seeks to understand her. But as Agnes's death looms, the farmer's wife and their daughters learn there is another side to the sensational story they've heard.