In the summer of 1947, a young priest, Petter, his wife and baby
daughter, arrive by mail boat at a tiny island. They are to take
over its drafty homestead from where Petter is to minister to the
scattered community. In this evocative tale, Ulla-Lena Lundberg
draws us into the minutiae of an austere yet purposeful life where
the demands of self-sufficiency - cows to milk and sheep to graze -
are tempered by the kindness of neighbours. With each season, the
family's love of the island grows and when the winter brings ice a
new and tentative link is created. Told through the eyes of Petter,
the wholehearted if naive novice priest, and Mona, his tough-minded
wife, a story unfolds that is as immersive as it is heartrending.
Winner of the Finlandia prize and nominated for the Nordic Critics
Prize, Ice was a huge bestseller in Finland.
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