More from B. Ashford
The night of the evacuation, told from the boat instead of the quay.
One Bag Each
Heimaey, in Iceland’s Westman Islands, the night of 23 January 1973. The knock comes before dawn, the window is the wrong colour, and the family goes down to the harbour with the rest of the town, one bag each. Margrét has the papers in her handbag and two children to get aboard their own boat. Her husband is standing on the quay with his bag in his hand, and he has not moved.
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