Just a Mother, Roy Jacobsen
Just a Mother, Roy Jacobsen
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Just a Mother

Author: Roy Jacobsen, Don Shaw, Don Bartlett

Series: Barrøy #4

Narrator: Ann Richardson

Unabridged: 8 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/10/2023


Synopsis

The fourth installment in Roy Jacobsen's bestselling Barrøy Chronicles.

After a long journey through Norway, Ingrid has returned to Barrøy, the island that bears her family name. The Second World War still casts its long shadow: former collaborators face cold shoulders, while others wish to leave the painful years in the past. When a boy arrives on the island, Ingrid assumes responsibility for him, and so he joins the Barrøy community, raised alongside Ingrid's own daughter, another child of war.

As letters from distant friends arrive with news of a society undergoing dramatic changes, Ingrid must decide which stories to keep to herself, and which she should she bring to light. What kind of future does she imagine—for herself, and for the children?

About Roy Jacobsen

Roy Jacobsen is a Norwegian novelist and short-story writer. Born in Oslo, he made his publishing debut in 1982 with the short-story collection Fangeliv (Prison Life), which won Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris. He is winner of the prestigious Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature and two of his novels have been nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize: Seierherrene (The Conquerors) in 1991 and Frost in 2004. The Burnt-Out Town of Miracles was published in Britain in 2008. Jacobsen lives in Oslo.


Reviews

Jacobsen lured me in and made me comfortable in the best seat by the kitchen table, in the main house at Barrøy, where I watched the sea and cattle graze. I saw the Barrøy people go about their business. I became complacent. And then Jacobsen pulls the jester out of the deck of cards and I'm reminde......more

Zaczęło się dość niepozornie. Bo choć sięgając po pierwszy tom sagi Roya Jacobsena, wiedziałam, że jest to książka nominowana do Międzynarodowej Nagrody Bookera, to spodziewałam się wszystkiego, ale nie tego, co dostałam. Czyli naprawdę spokojnej historii, wypełnionej zapachem wilgotnej ziemi i mgły......more

Goodreads review by Sophia

4.5 En serie som virkelig er verdt å lese. Jeg er helt tom for ord etter å ha lest den ferdig. Det er sjelden man leser bøker som er så gjennomført gode. Man kjenner stormene på øya på kroppen og man kjenner man blir tøffere selv der man står i motvind og blest. Dette er slik livet var langs kysten.......more

To była piękna podróż. Z żalem opuszczam Barrøy i żegnam się z Ingrid.......more

Jak skała Roy Jacobsen kolejny raz zabiera swoich czytelników na skaliste wybrzeża Barrøy, gdzie od czasu "Białego morza" niewiele się zmieniło. Rytm życia wyspiarzy wytyczają pory roku, połowy ryb, zbiór jaj eredonów. Niegdyś wyludniona wyspa tętni życiem i śmiechem dzieci. Jednak ani w życiu, ani w......more