Mother of Light

From the untamed wilds of Iceland's far north comes a deeply heartfelt tale, inspired by the author's own midwife ancestors...

After the death of her sister to a preventable childbirth complication, Sólveig Pétursdóttir is determined to not only do better for women, but to rise above the stigma of illegitimacy she inherited. She completes her three months midwifery training and in the autumn of 1881 is posted to a remote community in the northwest of Iceland.

Helping women doesn't prove eas...