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Husband-Wife Collaboration
My husband, Sverrir Sigurdsson, and I recently published a book called Viking Voyager: An Icelandic Memoir, released on Nov. 3, 2020. It's his personal story of growing up in Iceland, an upbringing that inspired him to travel the world like his Viking forefathers.
We're happy to say, after several years of sometimes frustrating collaboration, we're still married. No two people can be more different than us. I'm a "people" person and he's what I call a "thing" person. He knows everything about hardware and machines and is a moron on human emotions and signals. I'm blind as a bat when it comes to my physical surroundings, but I can sniff out emotions like a dog. What we thought was an unbridgeable gap
turned out to be our strength. Sverrir provided the facts, I filled in the emotions, and together we tell a pretty exciting story.
Here’s the back cover summary of our book:
This vivacious personal story captures the heart and soul of modern Iceland. Born in Reykjavik on the eve of the Second World War, Sverrir Sigurdsson watched Allied troops invade his country and turn it into a bulwark against Hitler’s advance toward North America. The country’s post-war transformation from an obscure, dirt-poor nation to a prosperous one became every Icelander’s success. Spurred by this favorable wind, Sverrir answered the call of his Viking forefathers, setting off on a voyage that took him around the world. Join him on his roaring adventures!
We're happy to say, after several years of sometimes frustrating collaboration, we're still married. No two people can be more different than us. I'm a "people" person and he's what I call a "thing" person. He knows everything about hardware and machines and is a moron on human emotions and signals. I'm blind as a bat when it comes to my physical surroundings, but I can sniff out emotions like a dog. What we thought was an unbridgeable gap
turned out to be our strength. Sverrir provided the facts, I filled in the emotions, and together we tell a pretty exciting story.Here’s the back cover summary of our book:
This vivacious personal story captures the heart and soul of modern Iceland. Born in Reykjavik on the eve of the Second World War, Sverrir Sigurdsson watched Allied troops invade his country and turn it into a bulwark against Hitler’s advance toward North America. The country’s post-war transformation from an obscure, dirt-poor nation to a prosperous one became every Icelander’s success. Spurred by this favorable wind, Sverrir answered the call of his Viking forefathers, setting off on a voyage that took him around the world. Join him on his roaring adventures!
