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Their story, my story. Katrín Stella Briem. Helga Guðrún Johnson recorded.
When Katrín Thorsteinsson marries Eggerti Briem in the spring of 1901 and they take over farming in Viðey, wealthy and powerful families are connected. Katrín is an independent woman who lets her heart rule and upholds the values of society. Her tragic fate shapes the life of her daughter, the cosmopolitan Ingibjörg Briem – Stella, who has no roots anywhere.
The girl named after her mother and grandmother, Katrín Stella Briem – Kanda, tells the story of the three of them. Kanda's life is characterized by ups and downs and sharp contrasts. Through her father's lineage, she participates in the affluent life of the British upper class, but in between, she follows her mother around the world in a rootless existence and sometimes abject poverty. When Stella's life brings her mother to the streets, Kanda must pull herself out of poverty and start a new life.
From the threads of these three women's lives, Helga Guðrún Johnson weaves a complex tale of fate, where the events are often more adventurous than in fiction. Here, the veil is lifted from stories that have long been shrouded in silence.
When Katrín Thorsteinsson marries Eggerti Briem in the spring of 1901 and they take over farming in Viðey, wealthy and powerful families are connected. Katrín is an independent woman who lets her heart rule and upholds the values of society. Her tragic fate shapes the life of her daughter, the cosmopolitan Ingibjörg Briem – Stella, who has no roots anywhere.
The girl named after her mother and grandmother, Katrín Stella Briem – Kanda, tells the story of the three of them. Kanda's life is characterized by ups and downs and sharp contrasts. Through her father's lineage, she participates in the affluent life of the British upper class, but in between, she follows her mother around the world in a rootless existence and sometimes abject poverty. When Stella's life brings her mother to the streets, Kanda must pull herself out of poverty and start a new life.
From the threads of these three women's lives, Helga Guðrún Johnson weaves a complex tale of fate, where the events are often more adventurous than in fiction. Here, the veil is lifted from stories that have long been shrouded in silence.