The Cold Song, Linn Ullmann
The Cold Song, Linn Ullmann
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The Cold Song

Author: Linn Ullmann

Narrator: Heather Wilds

Unabridged: 8 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/18/2014


Synopsis

Siri Brodal, a chef and restaurant owner, is married to Jon Dreyer, a famous novelist plagued by writer's block. Siri and Jon have two daughters, and together they spend their summers on the coast of Norway, in a mansion belonging to Jenny Brodal, Siri's stylish and unforgiving mother.



Siri and Jon's marriage is loving but difficult and troubled by painful secrets. They have a strained relationship with their elder daughter, Alma, who struggles to find her place in the family constellation. When Milla is hired as a nanny to allow Siri to work her long hours at the restaurant and Jon to supposedly meet the deadline on his book, life in the idyllic summer community takes a dire turn. One rainy July night, Milla disappears without a trace. After her remains are discovered and a suspect is identified, everyone who had any connection with her feels implicated in her tragedy and haunted by what they could have done to prevent it.



The Cold Song is a story about telling stories and about how life is continually invented and reinvented.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Chas on December 30, 2016

Me gusta como escribe pero la historia en sí no ha llegado a captar mi interés. Podría haber metido veinte páginas más y tener al menos un final decente y tampoco... 2/5......more

Goodreads review by Carolyn on May 15, 2014

A fantastic read! I was absolutely mesmerized by Linn Ullmann's thriller about a dysfunctional family and how they each react to the murder of 19-year old Milla, a summer nanny for Jon Dreyer and his wife, Siri. This novel delves deeply into the marriage and the painful betrayals (on the part of Jo......more

Goodreads review by Amanda on April 25, 2014

I just finished The Cold Song and I really don’t know what to say about it. This book was intense and it made me feel tense while reading it. From the goodreads description we know that Milla the nanny disappears and is killed, but I was expecting the plot to lead up that happening. This is not the......more

Goodreads review by Nyuel on February 24, 2014

I won this book as part of the Goodreads First Reads program. It did not influence my rating or review. There was much I liked about The Cold Song. The writing is simple, solid, and flows well, making for an extremely quick read. The characters are complex and realistic. I never felt like they were m......more

Goodreads review by Stacey on May 26, 2016

This novel wins first prize for the lamest book ending, to me, this year. Parts of the story were very insightful, especially the parts about the disturbing reality of young girls and the woes of a dysfunctional marriage. But much of the prose was just okay. Maybe it was simply due to a flawed trans......more