The Book Nook bookshop in Ware is delighted to welcome Kate Foster, Award Winning Historical Fiction Author, to Ware Library on the evening of Wednesday the 27th of May. Join us for an entertaining evening of historical fiction to celebrate the publication of Kate's latest book, The Repentants.
Kate will be in conversation with The Book Nook's Michael Thomas, about the inspiration for her writing about the lives and retelling the stories of unforgotten women from across Scottish history as well as signing copies of her books which are available to pre-order with 10% off from the The Book Nook or will be on sale on the evening. Tickets are £6 and include refreshments.
About The Book
Inspired by an attempt by Scottish merchants to annex Iceland as a remote prison for the British Empire, The Repentants is a chilling tale of betrayal, exile and survival from the Women's Prize long-listed author of The Maiden, Kate Foster.
St Monans, Fife, Scotland 1790. Two women are forced to publicly repent in church, one for adultery the other for breaching the sabbath. Wealthy housewife, Florrie, and salt serf, Eliza, form a quick and unusual bond over their mutual humiliation.
So when Florrie's husband decides she must accompany him on a trade venture to Iceland, she insists Eliza comes as her maid. Far from home, isolated and fearful, the two women grow ever closer. Then Florrie's husband reveals his sinister plan: he will leave her in Iceland, banished for the shame she has cast upon him.
Florrie must escape, but when she turns to Eliza for help she realizes nothing is quite as it seems . . .
About The Author