Sarah Moss had a childhood dream of moving to Iceland, sustained by a wild summer there when she was nineteen. In 2009, she saw an advertisement for a job at the University of Iceland and applied on a whim, despite having two young children and a comfortable life in Kent. The resulting adventure was shaped by Iceland's economic collapse, which halved the value of her salary, by the eruption of Eyjafjallajokull and by a collection of new friends, including a poet who saw the only bombs fall on Iceland in 1943, a woman who speaks to elves and a chef who guided Sarah's family around the intricacies of Icelandic cuisine. Moss explored hillsides of boiling mud and volcanic craters and learned to drive like an Icelander on the unsurfaced roads that link remote farms and fishing villages in the far north. She watched the northern lights and the comings and goings of migratory birds, and as the weeks and months went by, she and her family learned new ways to live.

Thank you very much for this wishlist book.

Interesting read. Thanks.

To be taken to the BC meet up

Picked this up at the Nottingham Bookcrossers meet up. Look forward to reading.

Really enjoyed this. I have never been to Iceland and found the differerences in the way of life fascinating.

Passed this on to my other half to read. Although he enjoyed it, he thought it was like reading an article in the Guardian and thought it went of the boil in the middle.

Left on the Bookcrossing shelves in the Community Cafe at Sherwood Community Centre.