It Was A Dark And Stormy Book Club

On this episode, we talked with our longest patron, Cynthia Surrisi. She has two books thathave just come out. She is a very successful middle school novel author.The Bones of Birka: Unraveling the Mystery of A Female Viking Warrior.(Chicago ReviewPress). When archaeologist Dr. Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson discovers that the bonescontained in the most significant Viking warrior grave ever opened are, in fact, female, she andher team upend centuries of historically accepted conclusions and ignite a furious debatearound the reality of female Viking warriors and the role of gender in both ancient and moderntimes.In The Bones of Birka, author C. M. Surrisi introduces young readers to the events that led up tothis discovery and the impact it has had on scientists’ and historians’ views of gender roles inancient societies and today. This is the inside account of the Birka warrior grave Bj 581archaeological endeavor, including all of the dreams, setbacks, frustrations, excitement, politics,and personalities that we