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Secrets of the Sprakkar: Iceland’s Extraordinary Women and How They Are Changing the World
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Readers
24/100Critics
17/100Scholars
Author:
Eliza Reid
Publisher:
Sourcebooks
Date:
February 8, 2022
The First Lady of Iceland takes readers on an exploration of the island nation with a focus on its triumphs and stumbles on a journey toward gender equality, featuring profiles of several "sprakkar," or high-achieving women.
What The Reviewers Say
Reid’s story is riveting in and of itself.
Maybe reading Eliza Reid’s book, Secrets of the Sprakkar, in the hot tub is part of why I enjoyed it so much, but it's also true that Reid’s style is amusing, her thoughts are honest, and the issues she discusses are becoming more important by the day.
As she interviews women making a difference in her country, she speaks frankly about her own struggles with parenting and living a life of purpose in her husband’s shadow. Intercut within her chapters are profiles of sprakkar, an ancient Icelandic word for extraordinary or outstanding women.
Reid...combines memoir, feminist history, and travelogue in this immersive look at what makes her adopted home 'the planet's finest country for women'.
