Independent People American A nearly divorced trophy wife

A nearly divorced trophy wife enrolls in culinary school to win back her husband

Striking pictures - inspirational photography on every page

she has risen through the ranks of the glorious five-star Regency Grand Hotel to become the esteemed Head Maid

she proclaimed herself a vegetarian

filmmaker and activist Curtis Chin came of age

Independent People American A nearly divorced trophy wifeBy: Halldor Laxness Published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1997 01 14 From the Nobel Prize winning Icelandic author: a magnificent novel that recalls Iceland's medieval epics and classics, set in the early twentieth century starring an ordinary sheep farmer and his heroic determination to achieve independence. "A strange story, vibrant and alive. There is a rare beauty in its telling." Atlantic Monthly If Bjartur of Summerhouses, the book's