Freyja: A Novel Binding: Hardcover

Freyja: A Novel Binding: Hardcover

• “An eerie novel that will keep you up late into the night.”—Eowyn Ivey
  “Freyjatingles the senses like an incipient freeze.”—Janelle Brown
  “Elegant and confident . . . Mythic and grounded.”—Victor LaValle
  The unsolved case of a young girl’s disappearance reopens after twenty years in this atmospheric novel of suspense set in Reykjavík and the Icelandic coast.
  Unnur has secrets. A single mother to a beloved daughter, she lives a deliberately quiet life in Reykjavík, where she works at a bakery under an assumed last name. She has spent years pushing away haunting half remembrances of the last summer of her childhood, when her otherworldly friend Freyja disappeared from a black-sand beach in the remote Dark Valley. Unnur’s safety—and her daughter’s—now hinges on discretion. Yet when her ex-husband returns to Iceland and brings with him a new girlfriend who seems to know more about Unnur than she’s letting on, Unnur may finally have to face the chilling possibility that she is responsible for her friend’s presumed death.
  As a cold case investigation reopens and the intricate threads of past and present begin to tangle, Unnur must race to recover the broken memory of what happened all those years ago, or risk losing her daughter. Steeped in Icelandic folklore and myth,Freyjais at once a gripping story of a child’s disappearance, a testament to the power of a mother’s love, and an enthralling tale of redemption and forgiveness from a gifted new voice.USMargrét Ann Thorsis an Icelandic-American writer based in Reykjavík, Iceland. She received her MFA from Columbia University and teaches at the University of Iceland. Her writing has appeared inGlamour,Creative Nonfiction,Ós Pressan,Storychord, and other outlets.Freyjais her debut novel.Named a Most Anticipated Book byLiterary HubandDebutiful
  “Eerie and beguiling . . . Thors brilliantly rides the line between realism and myth . . . This will stay with readers.”—Publishers Weekly
  “The threatened mother’s raw emotion and the book’s atmospheric pull are difficult to resist. A nifty generational thriller in which the past eerily overlaps the present.”—Kirkus Reviews
  “An eerie novel that will keep you up late into the night. Unnur is desperate to escape the past and protect her young daughter, but she will learn that memory is fickle and changelings lurk in the shadows. Margrét Ann Thors beautifully evokes Iceland, with its cold winds, wave-battered cliffs, and mysterious folk tales. Gripping and heartfelt.”—Eowyn Ivey,New York Timesbestselling author ofThe Snow ChildandBlack Woods, Blue Sky

  “Mythic and atmospheric,Freyjatingles the senses like an incipient freeze. I love an icy noir that builds complicated relationships and unique settings, andFreyjafits the bill perfectly. A twisty, compelling read.”—Janelle Brown, nationally bestselling author ofWhat Kind of Paradise

  “Freyjais such an elegant and confident debut. Margrét Ann Thors depicts a mother’s love as both fierce and fearsome, making the story feel mythic and grounded at once. An Icelandic tale, a haunting mystery, and a paean to the messy bonds of family.”—Victor LaValle, author ofLone Women

  “A haunting, hypnotic novel that circles the slippery nature of memory and the fierce, disorienting terrain of motherhood. For readers ofThe School for Good MothersandThe Push,Freyjaunfolds in a world where the past refuses burial and the land itself feels alive with old, watchful secrets. Margrét Ann Thors writes

• Thors, Margret Ann
• ISBN: 9781966302230