Seal Woman, a novel
Unbridled Books, 2014
“In this fierce and poignant novel, Solveig Eggerz deftly transports her readers between Germany and Iceland as her heroine struggles to come to terms with her past and her present. Seal Woman is rich in vivid detail and psychological understanding. A beautiful and suspenseful debut.”
—Margot Livesey, author of The Boy In The Field
“I found this book almost impossible to put down. It moves seamlessly with a quiet kind of beauty; Charlotte’s secrets will haunt you for a long time. This is a very impressive debut novel.”
—Robert Bausch, author of Out of Season
“Set in the tough but beautiful landscape of Iceland, a wonderfully written story about the triumph of love, strength, and art over crippling loss.”
—Barbara Esstman. Author of A More Perfect Union
“Solveig Eggerz takes us to a littoral world where ancient legend touches everyday life as surely and constantly as the North Sea meets the coast of Iceland. Carrying the unwieldy grief and hope of a wartime past, the novel’s heroine finds her own rough grace, beauty, and possibility of transformation in the new land she chooses to inhabit. A moving and contemporary story rewoven on a mythic pattern.”