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The Christmas Calendar

Norwegian title: Adventskalenderen

  • Charming Christmas story from Norway's Queen of feelgood
  • International bestseller
  • Written with wit and humour about getting back on your feet after hitting rock bottom

During breakfast on a totally ordinary Tuesday, Fie's husband declared that he wants a divorce. He is a dentist, and for years Fie has been his faithful assistant - without pay. Fie is banished from her home, to an impractical and uncharming attic apartment on the other side of the city. Dazed and in despair after losing everything, Fie tries to soften the blow with sedatives. Her adult son, embarrassed about his mother's breakdown, refuses her calls.

As Christmas approaches, Fie’s sister Sara demanding that she gets a grip. To help her along the way, Sara makes a Christmas Calendar with tasks for Fie to do. Like getting a job, decorating her apartment, getting a pet. Can the calendar get Fie’s life back on track, and into the Christmas spirits?

The Christmas Calendar is a charming and touching Christmas book from the Norwegian queen of feelgood!

Material available

  • ✓ Synopsis & author CV
  • ✓ Full manuscript (Norwegian)
  • ✓ Sample translation on request

Original publisher

Cappelen Damm

Publication

2021

Length

352 pages

Format

Hardback

Genre

UpLit / Literature and Fiction

Foreign rights

Sold to 6 territories

  • Denmarkcontract signed 2021Turbine
  • Finlandcontract signed 2022Bazar Kustannus
  • Germanycontract signed 2021BASTEI LÜBBE
  • Italycontract signed 2021Garzanti
  • Netherlandscontract signed 2026Saga Lindhardt & Ringhof
  • Spaincontract signed 2024Duomo Ediciones

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