Always Home, Always Homesick - A Love Letter to Iceland

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'Iceland feels personified in this memoir... intimate and never less than captivating' - Guardian <BR><BR>From the bestselling author of Burial Rites comes an inspirational memoir about her travels in Iceland, an extraordinary country that has forged a nation of storytellers.<BR><BR>When she was seventeen years old, Hannah Kent travelled to Iceland from Australia. She'd never seen snow before, didn't speak a word of Icelandic. All she knew was that she wanted to have an experience - to soak up something of the world.<BR><BR>Soon she found herself isolated in a remote part of Iceland in a dark winter. It was a gruelling experience, but she quickly fell in love with the country: with its brutally beautiful landscapes and with its people. On returning home, with images of Iceland's towering glaciers and windswept tundras in her dreams, Hannah began to write.<BR><BR>Now, as a mother and a wife, she looks back to that extraordinary year in Iceland, in Always Home, Always Homesick.<BR><BR>'[A] gripping memoir... lyrically written... riveting' - The Sunday Times<BR><BR>Praise for Burial Rites:<BR><BR>'Outstanding' - Madeline Miller<BR>'Gripping, intriguing and unique' - Kate Mosse<BR>'One of the best Scandinavian crime novels I've read' - Independent<BR>'Remarkable' - The Sunday Times<BR>'A must-read' - Grazia