Read on the Kindle, after amazon recommendation.
The year is 1829, and Agnes Magnúsdóttir, living in Iceland, but under the jurisdiction of Denmark, has been convicted of murder and sentenced to death.
Since there is no prison system to accommodate her, Agnes is sent to live out the days until her execution at the house of Jón Jónsson and his family.
Obviously this causes a lot of disruption, and the family are very suspicious of Agnes. The neighbours are likewise scandalised.
Through Agnes' conversations with a young local priest, her history gradually comes out, and the family come to see her as a person, not just a criminal.
Based on the true story of the last woman to be executed in Iceland, the story moves to its inevitable conclusion in a very poetic way.
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