As a newly qualified midwife Astri moves to a small community in Western Norway in the 1920s. Work as a district midwife can be both lonely and dangerous, but Astri is pursuing a long time dream. Although the locals are welcoming and seem eager to meet her, she senses their apprehension. She settles in – and faces the challenges of a district midwife. Astri’s story is a momentous drama of love and betrayal, life and death.

33 books, 13 books will be published in 2010. The series ends with two more books in 2011.