A Fist or a Heart

Elâin Jâonsdâottir lives an isolated existence in Reykjavâik, Iceland, making props and prosthetics for theatrical productions and Nordic crime flicks. In her early seventies, she has recently become fascinated with another loner, Ellen âAlfsdâottir, a sensitive young playwright and illegitimate daughter of a famous writer. The girl has aroused maternal feelings in Elâin, but she has also stirred discomfiting memories long packed away. Because their paths have crossed before. One doesn't remember. The other is about to forget--