Live Author Event with Eliza Reid, First Lady of Iceland
Thu, May 26
|Somerville Theater


Time & Location
May 26, 2022, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Somerville Theater, 55 Davis Square, Somerville, MA 02144, USA
About the Event
About the Event:
Join All She Wrote Books at the Somerville Theater on Thursday, May 26 at 7:30 PM for a live author talk with First Lady of Iceland, Eliza Reid on her new book Secrets of the Sprakkar, out on February 8 from Sourcebooks! The author will discuss her love letter to her adopted homeland, offering a window into a society that sees the benefits of gender equality and how people everywhere can work towards achieving it.
About Secrets of the Sprakkar:
Through her own unconventional story and those of other sprakkar (Icelandic for extraordinary and outstanding women), Reid explores the unique combination of policy, people, and history that has resulted in Iceland topping the World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Index for the past 12 years. Studies show increased equality leads to a happier, longer living, and more economically prosperous society for all its citizens. From parenting to politics,…