On an island in the cold North Sea, Lotte loses three of her four children to a rogue wave. The story of the island community is entwined with the natural surroundings...freak waves, starlings, pregnant girls, and the circus coming to town.
The writing is beautiful and
…more evocative. Most of the characters and the settings become well known. But -- and this is a BIG but -- the characters and settings change so abruptly that it is confusing. One changes to another before I had a feeling for the first one. What should have been a beautiful story was confusing and frustrating for me. (less)