The Journey Home
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Author: Olaf Olafsson
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 304
For years, Disa has lived a quiet life, managing an English country-house hotel with her close companion Anthony. However, upon learning that she is terminally ill, Disa decides it is time to travel back to the village in Iceland where she was born. With enormous sensitivity, Olaf Olafsson takes the reader with Disa on her quietly heroic journey. As she goes north, across the seas, events she has spent most of her life trying to forget are slowly revealed. Turned away by her mother, her young fiance murdered by the Nazis, Disa was left to find refuge as a cook in a wealthy household seething with both sexual and political violence. Irrevocably scarred by the consequences, only now can she attempt to find a resolution.
Author: Olaf Olafsson
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 304
For years, Disa has lived a quiet life, managing an English country-house hotel with her close companion Anthony. However, upon learning that she is terminally ill, Disa decides it is time to travel back to the village in Iceland where she was born. With enormous sensitivity, Olaf Olafsson takes the reader with Disa on her quietly heroic journey. As she goes north, across the seas, events she has spent most of her life trying to forget are slowly revealed. Turned away by her mother, her young fiance murdered by the Nazis, Disa was left to find refuge as a cook in a wealthy household seething with both sexual and political violence. Irrevocably scarred by the consequences, only now can she attempt to find a resolution.
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Olaf Olafsson
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 304
For years, Disa has lived a quiet life, managing an English country-house hotel with her close companion Anthony. However, upon learning that she is terminally ill, Disa decides it is time to travel back to the village in Iceland where she was born. With enormous sensitivity, Olaf Olafsson takes the reader with Disa on her quietly heroic journey. As she goes north, across the seas, events she has spent most of her life trying to forget are slowly revealed. Turned away by her mother, her young fiance murdered by the Nazis, Disa was left to find refuge as a cook in a wealthy household seething with both sexual and political violence. Irrevocably scarred by the consequences, only now can she attempt to find a resolution.
Author: Olaf Olafsson
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 304
For years, Disa has lived a quiet life, managing an English country-house hotel with her close companion Anthony. However, upon learning that she is terminally ill, Disa decides it is time to travel back to the village in Iceland where she was born. With enormous sensitivity, Olaf Olafsson takes the reader with Disa on her quietly heroic journey. As she goes north, across the seas, events she has spent most of her life trying to forget are slowly revealed. Turned away by her mother, her young fiance murdered by the Nazis, Disa was left to find refuge as a cook in a wealthy household seething with both sexual and political violence. Irrevocably scarred by the consequences, only now can she attempt to find a resolution.
The Journey Home