Book description
A young mother follows her partner to a rural community in West Jutland, Denmark, where he teaches at the local school for adult education. Isolated, she is forced to find her way in a bewildering community and in the inscrutable conversational forms of the local population.
A young woman relocates…- Coming soon!
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Unlike the case of Mark Twain and his work, I knew nothing of this Danish author or her novels when I first picked up her book to read. I had chanced upon a review of this strangely-titled novel and was happy to find what a delightful read it was. Soon I bought more copies for xmas gifts. The novel relates the experiences of a young Danish woman, a new mother, who moves with her partner to a rural community in West Jutland, a region of Denmark that, in Danish stereotype at least, exhibits a reserved and understated style of speech…
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