Well, that’s what it says in the beginning, although I don’t remember there being any old men in the story.Īside from her brother and father, Maren also loses her betrothed, and the promise of a new house, out of the cramped family home. She, her mother and sister in law are witness to a freak storm which blows up in the harbour, drowning most of their men and leaving only the babies and the old. Maren is a young Norwegian woman who lives on the remote island of Vardø in the mid 17 th century. However, after reading a bit more about the plot and realising it’s the story of a massive storm that drowns loads of people, and is based on a true story, I thought I’d leave it to the New Year. I did plan to read this over Christmas, as it opens on Christmas Eve.
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