Notes from an Island cory As a midwife and healer

As a midwife and healer

With the wickedly sharp insights and finely tuned suspense that has drawn comparisons to Patricia Highsmith and Paula Hawkins

with an on-again-off-again relationship to Hungary’s Communist authorities

Jackie googles their names to find two commemorative stones recently placed outside their old home

if she wishes to save her sister

Notes from an Island cory As a midwife and healerIn the bitter winds of autumn 1963, Tove Jansson, helped by Brunstrm, a maverick fisherman, raced to build a cabin on a treeless island in the Gulf of Finland. The island was Klovharun, where for thirty summers Tove and her beloved partner, the visual artist, Tuulikki Tooti Pietil, lived, painted, and wrote, energized by the solitude and shifting seascapes. The island's flora, fauna, and weather patterns provided deep inspiration which can be seen