The Sworn Virgin (Audiobook)

from Leigh0906

Eleanora , an aspiring artist, must do what she can to help her family after her father is murdered. Her stepmother attempts to sell her into marriage to the heir of a power local clan. Instead of accepting her fate, Eleanora declares herself a sworn virgin. This effectively means that she is now...

from CInacio

Well-written although at time slow, it was a truly interesting novel of struggle and finding your place as a female in a male-dominant society. The details from the types of clothing to the cultural protocol helped the story come alive and demonstrate what life is like for another demographic in ...

from wagner.sarah35

*I received this book through LibraryThing Early Reviewers.* I had never heard of the Albanian tradition of sworn virgins, women who vowed to live their lives as men and who could not be killed in the blood feuds which dominated village lives, so this book is intriguing and I almost would like to...

from janerawoof

Interesting book on the harsh Law [Kanun of Lekë] of the mountain tribes of Albania, from a woman's viewpoint. I had already read [Broken April] by Ismail Kadare and wanted to compare how the two different genders might have lived under these brutal rules of blood feud and [in this novel] the "co...

from whitreidtan

There have been many strong women throughout history but often their stories or circumstances have been lost with time. One tradition of strong women that I had never heard of before was the tradition of Albanian sworn virgins. When a woman declared herself a sworn virgin, she vowed to stay chast...