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The Porcelaine Girl

Norwegian title: Porselenspiken

Kristin is in her late thirties, and to her mother´s great disappointment still single and childless. But her dream comes true when she opens the café Little Pots in the hamlet of Åndalsnes. At the night of the opening, nineteen year old Marta knocks on the door. Kristin hires Marta, even though the young girl is clearly marked by a dark past. When Kristin´s father dies abruptly, she is expected to come home and take over the family farm. Can she let her family down and follow her own path?

Material available

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

Original publisher

Cappelen Damm

Publication

2019

Length

272 pages

Format

Paperback

Genre

UpLit / Literature and Fiction

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