Isola by Allegra Goodman.
Narrated in the first person, this novel tells the story of Marguerite de la Rocque de Roberval who was a real person who was marooned on an island for defiance. She lived there for 2 years and survived attacks by polar bears. Her story is found in Marguerite of Navarre’s (1492-1549) The Heptameron.
About forstegrupp
Currently I am an English teacher at an independent school outside of Philadelphia.
To arrive at this way point, I spent many years in graduate school researching, reading, learning, and studying and finally earned a doctorate in comparative literature from Harvard University. I specialized in medieval orality and literacy.
My private interests include baking, knitting, spinning, and gardening.