![]() ![]() Ursa is truly a fish out of water in the village. Hoping it will endear him to the village, Cornet marries a Norwegian wife, young Ursa from the city of Bergen. The Commissioner is a Scotsman named Absalom Cornet. Thus, the women must reconfigure themselves and accommodate this renewed male influence. Her beliefs conflict with that of the others.įinally the King sends two men-a pastor and a Commissioner-to take charge. ![]() Another is from the Sámi indigenous people of area (called Lapps or Laplanders by the English). ![]() But tensions arise in the village because some women believe that others approach their masculine style tasks with too much fervor. They learn to survive, going fishing, slaughtering animals, and creating an even more tight knit community. The women of the village suddenly must fend entirely for themselves. ![]() In addition, 38 other men are also killed by the storm. Maren Bergensdatter is barely out of her teens when a terrible storm kills both her father and brother at sea. Set in a remote Norwegian coastal village called Vardø in 1617, the story centers on two women. Kiran Millwood Hargrave crafts a story of community and strength in her historical fiction novel, The Mercies. ![]()
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