Independent People Alien Historical Romance from the Author

Historical Romance from the Author of The Preacher's Bride Priscilla White knows she'll never be a wife or mother and feels God's call to the mission field in India

and bookish Varya throws herself into longevity research

and Zanna Goldhawk

In this gripping and crucial book

this volume of stories collected with the encouragement of his longtime editor Pascal Covici serves as a wonderful introduction to the work of Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck

Independent People Alien Historical Romance from the AuthorFrom the Nobel Prize winning Icelandic author: a magnificent novel that recalls Iceland's medieval epics and classics, set in the early twentieth century starring an ordinary sheep farmer and his heroic determination to achieve independence. "A strange story, vibrant and alive. There is a rare beauty in its telling." Atlantic Monthly If Bjartur of Summerhouses, the book's protagonist, is an ordinary sheep farmer, his flinty determination to free