From dewy lanes at morning / The grapes’ sweet odors rise; / At noon the roads all flutter / With yellow butterflies. ~ Helen Hunt Jackson
ACCENT: BURIAL RITES by Hannah Kent
I’ve never read anything quite like this debut novel from the young author Hannah Kent. Set in early Victorian-era Iceland, it features a convicted murderess and the family assigned to house her until her execution. I couldn’t help but be reminded of the original 3:10 to Yuma. A citizen us entrusted with keeping and safely transporting…