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Wind of Change

Norwegian title: Gullnålen

Frid Ingulstad

The author takes us to the factories and houses along the river Akerselva in Oslo, 1905. Elise and her little sister work at one of the factories. Their mother is ill and their father an alcoholic. Elise must take responsibility for her family. The radical hanges occurring at the turn of the century, and the fate of the common people are brought sharply into focus in this successful saga.

Rights sold to Poland.

34 books, 8 books will be published in 2010.