{"product_id":"the-shapeshifters-daughter-a-powerful-reimagining-of-the-norse-myth-of-hel-of-the-underworld-by-sally-magnusson","title":"The Shapeshifter's Daughter : A powerful reimagining of the Norse myth of Hel of the underworld by Sally Magnusson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNothing, on earth or below it, freezes faster than the worthless heart. Before she was a hideous monster, the queen of the underworld was simply Hel. But cast as a girl out of lofty Asgard, realm of the gods, by Odin the Allfather, Hel's fate as the terrible goddess of death is sealed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHalf beauty, half crone, she has reigned for aeons in the starless darkness of Niflheim, grimly welcoming the most pitiful of death's travellers to her ice-locked prison. Until one day a memory shifts, and she is forced to seek out the sun in Midgard, where humans have made their home. Faced with a terminal cancer diagnosis, Helen Firth makes the impulsive decision to return to Orkney after forty years to make peace with her past.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnder the wintering solstice sun, she reconnects with the ungainly but affable Thorfinn Coffin, who helps her address the real reason she has returned to the islands: to die. As Helen draws closer to death and ever closer to Thorfinn, Hel in turn is intrigued by Helen. She, too, has a past to confront and a lesson to learn: that perhaps who she thinks she is isn't who she is really meant to be.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA powerful reimagining of the Norse myth of Hel, The Shapeshifter's Daughter celebrates the joy of reclaiming our stories.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat:Paperback \/ softback 272 pages, N\/A\u003cbr\u003ePublisher:John Murray Press\u003cbr\u003eImprint:John Murray Publishers Ltd\u003cbr\u003eISBN:9781399825221\u003cbr\u003ePublished:4 Jun 2026\u003cbr\u003eClassifications:Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Adult \u0026amp; contemporary romance\u003cbr\u003eWeight:192g\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wave of Nostalgia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64835624960349,"sku":null,"price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/8838\/2301\/files\/9781399825221.jpg?v=1780045889","url":"https:\/\/waveofnostalgia.co.uk\/products\/the-shapeshifters-daughter-a-powerful-reimagining-of-the-norse-myth-of-hel-of-the-underworld-by-sally-magnusson","provider":"Wave of Nostalgia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}