The First Lady Next Door: A Memoir of Iceland, Identity, and Unexpected Adventure

By Eliza Reid

Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Travel

Eliza Reid grew up in Ottawa, studied in Toronto and Oxford and traveled the world on her own before emigrating to Iceland. When her Icelandic husband was elected president, she became the country's first lady, a role she held from 2016 to 2024. Her memoir describes learning Icelandic and adapting to the culture, representing her adopted country at home and abroad, and advocating for gender equality and immigrants, all while raising four young children and building her own writing career.

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