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April Book Group
Wed, 16 Apr
|Sheffield
This month's book is The Sealwoman's Gift by Sally Magnusson
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Time & Location
16 Apr 2025, 19:30 – 21:00
Sheffield, Archer Rd, Sheffield S8 0JZ, UK
About the Event
1627. In a notorious historical event, pirates raided the coast of Iceland and abducted 400 people into slavery in Algiers. Among them a pastor, his wife, and their children.
In her acclaimed debut novel Sally Magnusson imagines what history does not record: the experience of Asta, the pastor's wife, as she faces her losses with the one thing left to her - the stories from home - and forges an ambiguous bond with the man who bought her. Uplifting, moving, and sharply witty, The Sealwoman's Gift speaks across centuries and oceans about loss, love, resilience and redemption.
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