Archive for April, 2010
Alice Hoffman, The Ice Queen
The narrator of this story is impervious to feelings, like trapped in ice, since the day she made a wish that came true, and which she deeply regrets. She grew up with “a splinter of ice in her heart” and though she is perfectly agreeable to people, she is also unable to commit. One day, [...]
Sarah Dunant, Sacred Hearts
1570: Isabetta, a sixteen-year-old girl from a rich family, is sent to Ferrara, Italy, in the convent of Santa Caterina, by her parents who wish to avoid a scandal. She unwillingly becomes Sister Serafina, and lets her anger at being locked up against her will echo on the walls of the convent. Serafina has a [...]