Before an official ordered them to house the murderer Agnes Magnúsdóttir in the days leading up to her execution, the Jónsson family lived quiet lives on their small Icelandic farm. 

Chatelaine Book Club review: Burial Rites by Hannah Kent

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Saucy pork chops are paired with braised cabbage and a bottle of red for a richly flavoured 15-minute dinner. Get the recipe at Chatelaine.com!

Pork chops with brandy sauce recipe

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Cardiologist Beth Abramson, answers your heart health questions and reveals how awareness is a more powerful tool than drugs for saving your life.

The heart health questions that could save your life

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Twin sisters Isolte and Viola were inseparable, growing up in a tiny Welsh village with their beloved hippie mother. Life was full of daydreaming and endless exploration — until an innocent mistake with irrevocable consequences sets the sisters on hugely divergent paths.

Chatelaine Book Club review: The Twins by Saskia Sarginson

As many fortysomething moms waiting for their children in the playground can attest, not much changes from girl to grown-up: There are the same social hierarchies, the same jealous insecurities and the same formidable cliques. 

October 2013

An emotional tale about the last person executed in Iceland

Pork chops with brandy sauce

Eight heart-health questions that could save your life

The Twins by Saskia Sarginson

The Hive by Gill Hornby