Island Summers
Memories of a Norwegian Childhood
'My grandmother bought the island. The year was 1947 and she was thirty-three, a couple of years older than I am now. She was the visionary sort of person who can make something magical out of very little.'From the moment that Tilly's grandmother, Mor-mor, set eyes on the rocky outline of Småhølmene, it captured her imagination. Legend has it that she bought the island in exchange for a mink coat.Every summer from then on, she and her young family would escape from their life in the English countryside to its rugged outcrops and sparkling waters. Mor-mor loved Småhølmene fiercely. Lean and chic, she smoked voraciously and would scandalise the…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4088-4271-3
- EAN: 9781408842713
- Produktnummer: 14987418
- Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 304 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 3'266 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
- Abbildungen: 1 x 16 page colour plate
Über den Autor
Tilly Culme-Seymour studied English at Trinity College, Dublin. She is now based in London, where she writes on food and travel. Island Summers is her first book.
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