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Animal Life
Animal Life | Auur Ava lafsdttir
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Eggs
Animal Life | Auur Ava lafsdttir
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Unique and contemplative! It‘s the story of midwife Dâomhildur, who comes from a long line of midwives. Having just delivered her 1,922nd baby in Iceland, and with a serious storm on the way, she goes through her grand aunt‘s letters and manuscripts and discovers strange and beautiful reflections on birth, death, and human nature.

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emmaturi
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A lovely story set in Iceland just before Christmas. It about a family of midwifes over generations. I really enjoyed it.

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psalva
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This book follows Dómhildur, a midwife from a long line of midwives who lives in her grandaunt‘s apartment and discovers several decades-worth of her aunt‘s letters and manuscripts. What little plot there is centers around Dómhildur‘s interactions with people in her apartment and at work. ⬇️

psalva The main focus is on her parsing out meaning from the manuscripts, which cover topics such as coincidence, children and childbirth, discussions with other midwives about their experiences, light and darkness, and the meaning of life.⬇️ 2y
psalva This is a very quiet novel in a way, with a strong sense of place. I could almost hear the Icelandic wind in between the sparse-feeling prose. The story tries to capture the profundity of life. The meta aspect, a book within a book, is handled in an interesting way, with Dómhildur‘s reflections on what she‘s reading accompanying the reader as the novel progresses. I‘m curious to read more by this author because the writing itself was gorgeous. 2y
jlhammar Great review! Glad you enjoyed it. I‘m also curious to try her other books. 2y
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psalva
Animal Life | Auur Ava lafsdttir
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The end of January was crazy for me. I feel like this past weekend was a chance for me to refocus my reading. I even had a little downtime for folding tessellations. These three are from Advent of Tess taught by Gathering Folds on YouTube. I‘m obviously late for Advent, but time is relative. My goal is to finish at least three of these books this week.
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Catsandbooks Ooo so pretty!! 👏🏼 2y
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Mirazzles
Animal Life | Auur Ava lafsdttir
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It finally arrived!! I preordered this months ago! I can‘t wait to dive in over the upcoming holiday weekend!

jlhammar Yay, perfect timing! 2y
Mirazzles @jlhammar haha it really was!! 2y
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jlhammar
Animal Life | Auur Ava lafsdttir
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Really enjoyed this, but it was quite different from what I was expecting. More slice-of-life and intellectual/philosophical than plot-driven and emotional. Quiet and poetic contemplation of the human condition—light and darkness, birth and death, purpose, coincidence, connection, vulnerability and more. Look forward to reading her backlist.

Jess I just started this last night. Glad to hear you liked it. 2y
jlhammar @Jess Hope you enjoy! Look forward to your thoughts. 2y
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jlhammar
Animal Life | Auur Ava lafsdttir
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“I receive the baby when it is born, raise it up from the ground and present it to the world”

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Mirazzles I preordered this months ago and it‘s finally on its way in the mail! I hope you‘re enjoying it! 😊 2y
jlhammar @Mirazzles Really good so far! Hope you enjoy. I‘m definitely interested in reading her other novels now. 2y
Mirazzles @jlhammar I can‘t wait! I think “miss Iceland” is my favourite of her novels but I also loved “Butterflies in November” :) enjoy! 2y
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jlhammar
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#bookmail! One of my most anticipated December releases. Iceland, a midwife from a long line of midwives, Christmas and a storm both approaching, discovered letters and manuscripts (and under 200 pages)—sounds wonderful. Planning to start this soon!

Aimeesue I recently bought Miss Iceland by this author. Had you read that one, or was it just the storyline that sucked you in? 2y
jlhammar @Aimeesue No, I haven‘t read Miss Iceland yet, but definitely interested. I‘ve heard good things. Look forward to your review! 2y
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